RELATIONSHIP OF SELECTED PREDICTIVE ANTHROPOMETRIC VARIABLES WITH THE SELECTED FOOTBALL SKILLS

This study was an attempt to find out Relationship of Selected Predictive Anthropometric Variables with the Selected Football Skills. For this purpose the researcher randomly selected 60 subjects from different professional club in Pune. Their age range varied from 19 to 25years. Only male were randomly sorted out as the subjects. For Anthropometric Variables Height, leg length, body weight, Thigh circumferences and Calf circumferences were measured and to asses Selected Football Skills kicking (lofted kick) was measured. Regression equation was applied as statistical tool and results obtained in kicking (lofted kick) revealed that there equation estimates for the sample survey 93.0% of the variation in Dependent Variables (kicking ability of professional footballer) is explained by the area of calf circumference, body weight, height, thigh circumference, leg length.