Relationship of Foot Arch and Foot Length with Selected Physical Fitness Components of Sprinters

Öz

Foot morphology and foot anatomy plays an important role in the performance of any athletic event. The purpose of the study is to find out the relationship of Foot arch and foot length with selected physical fitness components like Speed, agility and balance of sprinters. The researcher it was hypothesized that there will be significant relationship between foot length and selected physical fitness components. Researcher also stated that there will be significant relationship between foot arch and selected physical fitness components. For fulfilling the purpose, the subjects were selected from different academic departments of the Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University campus of Amravati city in Maharashtra state. For the present study 18 male sprinters of SGB Amravati University were selected by Simple random sampling technique whose age were ranging between 20-24 years and have to be participant of inter-university at least single time. Researcher measured the foot length using scale and pencil by taking a footprint on a paper and also measured the foot arch using the protractor. The collected data were tabulated in MS-Excel format and analyzed using Pearson correlation test. On the basis of calculation it was found that speed and agility has a negative relationship with foot length but significant one. In this study also, speed and balance has a negative relationship with foot arch, and it is significant one.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Relation
• Foot Length
• Foot Arch
• Physical Fitness

Relationship of Foot Arch and Foot Length with Selected Physical Fitness Components of Sprinters

Öz

Foot morphology and foot anatomy plays an important role in the performance of any athletic event. The purpose of the study is to find out the relationship of Foot arch and foot length with selected physical fitness components like Speed, agility and balance of sprinters. The researcher it was hypothesized that there will be significant relationship between foot length and selected physical fitness components. Researcher also stated that there will be significant relationship between foot arch and selected physical fitness components. For fulfilling the purpose, the subjects were selected from different academic departments of the Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University campus of Amravati city in Maharashtra state. For the present study 18 male sprinters of SGB Amravati University were selected by Simple random sampling technique whose age were ranging between 20-24 years and have to be participant of inter-university at least single time. Researcher measured the foot length using scale and pencil by taking a footprint on a paper and also measured the foot arch using the protractor. The collected data were tabulated in MS-Excel format and analyzed using Pearson correlation test. On the basis of calculation it was found that speed and agility has a negative relationship with foot length but significant one. In this study also, speed and balance has a negative relationship with foot arch, and it is significant one.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Relation
• Foot Length
• Foot Arch
• Physical Fitness
• Speed
• Agility
• Balance
• Sprinters

Kaynakça

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