SINGH, S.; SINGH, K.; SINGH, M. Anthropometric measurements, body composition and somatotyping of
high jumpers. Brazilian Journal of Biomotricity, v. 4, n. 4, p. 266-271, 2010. The purpose of this study was to
find out anthropometric measurements, body composition and somatotyping differences in high performer
and low performer high jumpers. 20 male university level high jumpers were assessed for the present study
during the All India Inter University Athletic Meet. The age of athletes was between 18 to 25 years. All
subjects were assessed for height, weight, breadths, girths and skinfold thickness. Percentage of fat was
calculated from the sum of 4 measurements of skinfold thickness. The independent samples t-test revealed
that in high performer high jumpers had significantly higher height (p<0.01), weight (p<0.01), body mass
index (p<0.05), total leg length (p<0.01), total arm length (p<0.01) as compared to low performer high
jumpers. The high performer high jumpers also had significantly greater all three circumferences, bi-humerus
(p<0.01) and bi-femur (p<0.01) diameters, lean body mass (p<0.01) and mesomorphic score (p<0.01) as
compared to low performers whereas the low performer high jumpers were found to have significantly higher
% body fat (p<0.05) and endomorphic (p<0.01) score than the high performers. It is concluded that in most
of the parameters there were significant differences between high performer and low performer high
jumpers, and the high performer athletes showed better anthropometric measurements and somatotyping
scores.
