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Somatotype, and body composition of competitive female tennis, table tennis,

badminton, and squash players

Conference Paper · May 2012

DOI: 10.13140/2.1.2621.8242

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 Somatotype, and body composition of competitive female tennis, table tennis,
badminton, and squash players

[ Elham Eftekhari ] - Assistant Professor of Exercise Physiology, Department of Physical

Education and Sport Sciences, Najafabad Branch,Islamic Azad University.Esfahan. Iran

[ Mandana Gholami ] - Assistant Professor of Exercise Physiology, Department of Physical

Education and Sport Sciences, Science And Research Branch, Islamic Azad University. Tehran.
Iran

[ Ardeshir Zafari ] - Assistant Professor of Exercise Physiology, Department of Physical

Education and Sport Sciences, Zanjan Branch, Islamic Azad University. Zanjan. Iran

Abstract
Morphological characteristics of athletes could be an important factor in successful
performance. Previous researches have analyzed the characteristics of effort in training and
competition in racket sports such as tennis (Christimass et al, Sánchez Muñoz et al), squash
(Chin et al), and badminton (Sánchez Muñoz). Sánchez Muñoz described the anthropometric
characteristics, body composition and somatotype of elite male and female junior tennis
players. The anthropometric data, body composition and somatotype of the first 12 elite
junior tennis players on the ranking with thelower ranked players were compared, and was
established an anthropometric profile chart for elite junior tennis players.They observed
significant in height and humeral and femoral breadths between the first 12 and the lower
ranked girls players (Sánchez Muñoz et al). Chin et al described data on the physiological
characteristics of elite Asian squash players to evaluate the physiological profile and sports
specific fitness of Hong Kong elite squash players (Chin et al). Cabello Manrique assessed
the physiological and metabolic bases of physical effort during badminton competitions and
their possible relation to performance parameters as effective indicators of the final result.
Also they calculated the volume and intensity of the work rate in a badminton match,
measure the cardiovascular effort in a top level match, describe the temporal structure of a
badminton competition in relation to the time of action and recovery, extract quantifiable
variables of performance in play, and calculate the relation between the different variables
and the final result of the match (Cabello Manrique).The aim of this study was to describe
the morphological characteristics of competitive female Tennis (T), Table Tennis (TT),
Badminton (B), and Squash (S) players. This study has made to show a diagram of
physiological indexes in female Iranian athletes and show the physical capacity necessary to
practice these sports to be established

Key words: Somatotype, body composition, tennis, table tennis, badminton,

and squash players

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