Journal of Anthropology of Sport and Physical Education

9-13

Authors: Bojan Masanovic, Dusko Bjelica, Marin Corluka

The aim of this study was to obtain the relevant knowledge about significant differences in some anthropometric characteristics of junior soccer and volleyball players. The sample included 39 male subjects divided into two subsamples, 25 soccer players and 14 volleyball players. The variables sample included 20 anthropometric measures that defined longitudinal and transversal dimensionality of skeleton, volume and mass of the body, and subcutaneous adipose tissue. The results were analysed in a statistical procedure marked as a significance testing of two arithmetic means of the independent samples, a t-test at the level of significance of p<0.05. It was concluded, based on these results, that significant differences occur in body height, body weight, elbow diameter, wrist diameter, ankle joint diameter, lower arm circumference (max), lower leg circumference (max) and abdomen skinfold, while the significant difference does not occur in knee diameter, upper arm circumference (min), upper arm circumference (max), lower arm circumference (min), upper leg circumference (min), upper leg circumference (max), lower leg circumference (min), upper arm skinfolf, lower arm skinfold, thigh skinfold, calf skinfold and chest skinfold. Therefore, these findings may give coaches from the region better working knowledge and suggest them to follow recent selection process methods and to be more careful during the process of talent identification.

19-23

Authors: Marina Vukotic, Georgi Georgiev

The main goal of this research is to determine whether there are statistically significant differences in the level of anthropometric indicators among athletes of different sports directions (basketball and handball players), that is, to determine the differences in the changes in the anthropometric indicators of athletes. In accordance with the goal, a transversal study was conducted in which the empirical and statistical methods were applied, and the research technique was testing. The study was conducted on a sample of 50 subjects, a male gender divided into two subunits, an age range of 13 to 15 years. In this study, 12 anthropometric variables were tested: body height, arm length, leg length, knee diameter, bicrystalline range, bichromium range, body mass, median volume of the thorax, circumference, upper abdomen, skin abdomen and skin set of lower legs. For all applied variables, the central and dispersion parameters as well as measures of asymmetry and flattening were calculated, and the distribution normality was verified by Kolmogorov-Smirnov test. T-test was applied to verify that the system of applied variables has statistically quantitative differences between groups. On the basis of the obtained results, it can be concluded that there are statistically significant differences in anthropometric indicators in athletes of different sports orientations. This research can be used by trainers who realize training programs with these and other athletes in order to achieve better results.

29-34

Authors: Dusko Bjelica, Jovan Gardasevic, Ivan Vasiljevic, Fitim Arifi, Sami Sermaxhaj

The aim of this research was to determine the differences among the top soccer players of the Montenegrin club FC Mladost and Kosovian club FC Prishtina, in the anthropometric measures and body composition. A sample of 37 examinees is divided into two sub-samples. The first sub-sample of the examinees consisted of 17 players of FC Mladost of the average age of 24.59±4.66, the vice champions of the Montenegrin Championship in the season 2016/17, while the other sub-sample consisted of 20 players of FC Prishtina of the average age of 24.30±4.99, the vice champions of the Kosovo Championship in the season 2016/17. Soccer players were tested immediately after the end of the competition season 2016/17. Anthropometric measures in the body composition were evaluated by a battery of 10 variables: body height, body weight, waist size, triceps skin set, biceps skin set, back skin set, abdominal skin set, body mass index, fat percentage and muscle mass. The standard central and dispersive parameters of all variables are calculated. The significance of the differences between the players of the top two soccer clubs in the anthropometric measures and variables for assessing body composition was determined by a t-test for independent samples. It was found that the soccer players of the two mentioned clubs have statistically significant differences by the two variables that estimate the body height in a favor of FC Mladost and abdominal skin set in a favor of FC Pristina.

43-47

Authors: Pavle Malovic

The aim of this research was to determine anthropometric indices as indicators of obesity of children in Montenegro. The research involved 135 children from Montenegro and sample of examinees is divided into two sub-samples. The first sub-sample of the examinees consisted of 66 boys aged 7-8 years from Nikšić and Kotor, while the other sub-sample consisted of 69 girls also aged 7-8 years from Niksic and Kotor. Anthropometric characteristics were evaluated by a battery of 4 variables: body height, body weight, waist and hip circumference. Mentioned variables were used to calculate following anthropometric indices which gave as informations about obesity: Body mass index (BMI), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), waist-to-height ratio (WHtR). The standard central and dispersive parameters of all variables are calculated. The significance of the differences between the children in the ratios was determined by a t-test for small independent samples. It was not found that the children with different gender have statistically significant differences in analyzed ratios as indicators of obesity. Thus, it was found that 16.3% of children were obese and those results will help us to realize that we have to adequately affect on detected problem.

55-60

Authors: Boris Banjevic

Sport Mont is a scientific journal which has been existing since 2003 and it has published a great number of works of renowned scientists in the field of sport sciences and medicine. The journal has been indexed in more international database, it is released three times a year, and the published works are mostly presented on the scientific conference of the Montenegrin Sport Academy. Sport Mont, in addition to the original scientific works, publishes reviews, editorials, short reports, as well as the calls and awards for works in the field of sport sciences and medicine. This work deals with the analysis of the content of published articles in the journal Sport Mont in 2007. They have been sorted according to the scientific fields they belong to, and through discussion, a short overview of the obtained results has been given. This way makes possible an easier search of the mentioned articles for the authors who express their interest for them.