BODY INDICES AND RATIO-TYPE DETERMINANTS OF PERFORMANCE POTENTIALS OF THE BANGLADESHI ADOLESCENT MALEATHLETES

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the different indices and ratio-type determinants of the performance potentials (PP) of the Bangladeshi adolescent male athletes. Primary data of size 414 were collected using multi-stage random sampling on PP and different anthropometric variables, and then several indices and ratio variables were calculated. Forward stepwise Ridge regression was applied to find out the most important determinants of PP of the Bangladeshi adolescent male athletes. Satisfying all the test and validity conditions, it was found that BMI (Body Mass Index) was the most important determinant among the considered indices and ratio variables. Other determinants of PP were RI (Rohrers Index), SHIB (Sitting-Height Index of Build) and WsHtR (Waist to Height Ratio). The proposed equation can be applied for enhancing the PP of the athletes by the sport authorities in Bangladesh.