Research Article
Reverse-Relative Age Effect on motor fitness of district level handball players of West Bengal in course of talent hunting
Author(s): Indrajit Sarkar, Shanti Ranjan Dasgupta, Kunal Sikder and Rupayan Bhattacharya*
In the present study the role of age on the anthropometric characteristics and physical activities of several young handball players hailing from different parts of West Bengal has been undertaken in order to find out players from different age groups with potential of becoming good. A total of sixty five (N=65) male handball players with at least one year training were selected from different district handball associations of West Bengal, as subjects for this study. The subjects were divided in to three groups according to their ages - i) under 15 (N = 25, Age = 13.27 ± 0.67 (y), height = 155.08 ± 8.3 (cm), mass = 42.92 ± 8.77 (kg)), ii) under 17 (N = 20, Age = 15.7 ± 0.47 (y), height = 165.2 ± 5.43 (cm), mass = 53.55 ± 8.39 (kg)) and iii) under 19 (N = 20, Age = 16.86 ± 0.91, height = 164.57 ± 6.25 (cm), mass = 55.86 ± 8.. Read More»
