Development of Discriminant Model for Classifying Sprinters and Throwers on the Basis of Anthropometric and Physical Fitness Variables

Abstract

In the present study, 100 athletes who competed at the state level was constitute up the sample; only male athletes from Madhya Pradesh in the senior category was included. During the morning and evening sessions, the necessary information on the subject was gathered using the random sampling method. before the National camps and practicing at TT Nagar Stadium Bhopal. The data were collected on anthropometric variables i.e. height, weight, sitting height, (leg, arm, hand) length, shoulder width, (chest, hip, thigh, calf) circumference, (back, shoulder, grip and leg explosive) strength. The anthropometric variables were measured by using selected standardized instruments and measuring tapes. Data collected was analysed at 0.05 level of significance, descriptive statistics and multiple discriminant analysis was applied to classify and predict group membership of the throwers into the sprinters and Throwers. The results showed that 100.0% of original grouped cases were correctly classified.