Somatotype Differences in Young Croatian  Rowers and Soccer Players

Damjan Marov; dr. sc. Zoran Grgantov; Mirjana Milic; Marko Erceg; Hrvoje Sivric

Volume : II, Issue : X, October - 2013

Somatotype Differences in Young Croatian Rowers and Soccer Players

Damjan Marov, Dr. Sc. Zoran Grgantov, Mirjana Milic, Marko Erceg, Hrvoje Sivric,

Abstract :

The aim of this research was to analyse the somatotype differences in young Croatian rowers and soccer players. The research was conducted on the sample of 19 soccer players and 14 rowers aged 16 years. The average somatotype value in rowers was 4.64–4.54–2.84�2.11–1.14–1.02 (mezomorph–endomorph), while in soccer players it was 2.43–4.39–3.28�0.96–1.13–1.21 (ectomorph–mezomorph). The independent samples T–test showed that the endomorph component was significantly more expressed in rowers than in soccer players. Eight somatotype categories for rowers and six for soccer players were created based on the category diagram. The highest percentage of rowers belonged to the mesomorphic endomorph category (29%), while in soccer players the most represented was the ectomorphic mezomorph (28%) category. 50 % of rowers belonged to the somatotype categories dominated by the endomorphic component, while 62% of soccer players belonged to the somatotype categories dominated by the mesomorphic component.