A Study of Arm Girth Relaxed and Arm Girth Flexed in Relation to the Performance of Free Style Wrestlers: The impact of arm girth on the performance of free style wrestlers

Abstract

Introduction The performance of players in various sports may be influenced by the anthropometric, physical and the physiological characteristics and may also aid in determining a suitable physique required for a sport.Methods The physical variables such as Arm Girth Relaxed and Arm Girth Flexed have been selected to assess the physical condition of the wrestlers. A survey type study has been designed for descriptive analysis of wrestler’s physical characteristics Data was collected from 30 male wrestlers of each weight categories i.e. 57 kg, 61 kg, 65 kg, 70 kg and 74 kg.Results The results revealed that the f-value of different weight category of variable Arm Girth Relaxed and the f-value (Arm Girth Relaxed- Arm Girth flexed) of the ANOVA came out to be 28.37, (P<001) which was highly significant at 0.01 level of confidence.Conclusion The correlation between performance score and anthropometric variables among the players of 57, 61, 65, 70 and 74kg weight categories, no significant relationship was found with performance score.