scholarly journals Differences in the Morphological Characteristics and Body Composition of Football Players of HSC Zrinjski Mostar and FC Siroki Brijeg in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Sport Mont ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 77-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marin Corluka ◽  
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Dusko Bjelica ◽  
Ivan Vasiljevic ◽  
Marija Bubanja ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Body Composition ◽  
Bosnia And Herzegovina ◽  
Morphological Characteristics ◽  
Football Players

Elite Football Players From Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo and Their Body Composition

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jovan Gardasevic ◽  
Dusko Bjelica ◽  
Marin Corluka ◽  
Ivan Vasiljevic
Keyword(s):  
Body Composition ◽  
Bosnia And Herzegovina ◽  
Football Players

scholarly journals Comparison of the Morphological Characteristics of Sub-Elite Female Football Players According to Playing Position

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anita Strauss ◽  
Martinique Sparks ◽  
Cindy Pienaar
Keyword(s):  
Body Composition ◽  
Body Fat ◽  
Morphological Characteristics ◽  
Normative Values ◽  
Football Players ◽  
Body Fat Percentage ◽  
Fat Percentage ◽  
Average Value ◽  
Length Measurements ◽  
Elite Level

The aim of this article was to examine if there are position-specific differences in the morphological characteristics of sub-elite female football players and to establish normative standards for this level of female football players. The morphological features of 101 sub-elite female football players (age: 21.8±2.7 years) were assessed. Twenty anthropometric sites were used in the measurements of body composition and somatotype. The average value of body fat percentage was 20.8±5.7%. The somatotype of the overall group was 4.0–2.4–2.1. Positional significant (p ≤ 0.05) differences were found between goalkeepers and outfield players in morphological characteristics. Goalkeepers were taller, heavier, possessed the highest body fat percentage and showed higher values for all skinfolds, breadth, girth and length measurements. However, there were very few practically worthwhile differences between the outfield positions. Positional groups did not differ (p ≤ 0.05) in somatotype characteristics either. The study suggests that at sub-elite level there are mainly differences between goalkeepers and outfield players, but outfield players are homogeneous when comparing morphological characteristics. These results may serve as normative values for future comparisons regarding the morphological characteristics of female football players.

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