Journal of Anthropology of Sport and Physical Education

3-7

Authors: Ivan Vasiljevic, Srdja Martinovic, Jovan Gardasevic, Marija Bubanja, Pavle Malovic, Erol Vrevic, Srdjan Redzepagic

The aim of this study is to observe the trend of anthropometric characteristics in Montenegrin recruits born from 1957 to 1969 from Bar. The sample of respondents in this study numbered a total of 3,670 future soldiers with an average age of 18.19±0.69, who were tested for military service in the period from 20 February 1979 to 21 April 1987. The average body height of the total sample of future soldiers was 175.82±7.04, the average body weight was 68.33±9.73, and the average value of body mass index was 22.06±2.58. The highest body height (178.06±8.67) was in the group of recruits born in 1960. The highest body weight (75.14±5.87) and body mass index (23.96±1.84) was in the group of recruits born in 1957. The value of the body mass index of all future soldiers shows that everyone was in the zone of normal weight. It should be noted that some of these respondents were measured before the age of 18. This means that their growth was not complete. There is a possibility that they on average had a higher body height with the completion of growth and development than this research shows. The results show that all generations of young men from Bar were at that time of a normal weight. This fact is not surprising because it is known that life was different then than it is now. The results of this study are very important in monitoring the trend of these 3 variables in the Montenegrin population, but they also have some limitations. As mentioned above, the rule for recruiting future soldiers was to be tested before the age of 18, when growth and development were not complete yet, and the results after the completion of the growth and development of the respondents would probably be slightly different from these results. Also, some generations had a small number of recruits.

15-18

Authors: Dusko Bjelica, Jovan Gardasevic, Ivan Vasiljevic, Bojan Masanovic

The goal of this research was to assess the quantitative and qualitative changes imposed by training and competition with help of selected variables of morphological characteristics and body composition which were measured in elite football players of First Montenegrin Telecom League at two different time points during the competition period. In this study 28 male football players (22.5±5.87 yrs.) of OFK Titograd from Podgorica who compete in the First Montenegrin Telecom League were enrolled. The measurements were carried out in January and then again, after 30 days, in February. Morphological characteristics in the body composition were evaluated by a battery of 11 variables: body height, body weight, waist circumference, triceps skinfold, biceps skinfold, back skinfold, abdominal skinfold, body mass index, fat percentage and muscle mass. The differences in morphological characteristics and the composition of the body in two periods during the competition period were determined by using a discriminatory parametric procedure with t-test for small independent samples. It was found that in football players of OFK Titograd in 30 days significant changes are observed for 3 variables, for upper arm skinfolf - triceps, back skinfold and abdomen skinfold.

23-25

Authors: Branko Krivokapic

The coronavirus pandemic, officially declared on March 11, 2020, has temporarily stopped the planet, and paralyzed all sports activities. Millions of athletes around the world, locked in four walls, without the possibility of training and competition, faced a new challenge. This study tries to look at the psychological and sociological impact of quarantine on athletes, as well as the economic consequences that the pandemic will leave on the world of sports. Interviews with a sports psychologist, sports worker and former athlete highlighted various aspects of the crisis. The aim of study is to assess how and to what extent a pandemic will change sport, with the conclusion that it will not change the human nature and strong need to engage in it.

29-31

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

This research aimed to determine the differences among the top soccer players of a club in Bosnia and Herzegovina, FC Siroki Brijeg, and the top soccer players of a club in Kosovo, FC Trepca ´89, in the morphological characteristics and body composition. A sample of 37 subjects was divided into two sub-samples. The first sub-sample consisted of 22 players FC Siroki Brijeg, the average age of 24.00±6.22, the winner of the Cup of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the season 2016/17, while the other sub-sample consisted of 15 players of FC Trepca ´89 of the average age of 21.80±3.57, the champions of the Kosovo Championship in the season 2016/17. Soccer players were tested immediately after the end of the 2016/17 competition season. Morphological characteristics were evaluated using a battery of seven variables: body height, body weight, waist circumference, triceps skinfold, biceps skinfold, skinfold of the back, and abdominal skinfold. The body composition was evaluated using a battery of three variables: body mass index, fat percentage, and muscle mass. The significance of the differences between the players of the top two soccer clubs in the morphological characteristics and variables for assessing body composition was determined using a t-test for independent samples. The t-test results showed a statistically significant difference only in one variable triceps skinfold.

41-45

Authors: Ivan Vukovic

The purpose of this paper has been to collected researches that have been published in JASPE journal that is showing the study of the physical activity of old people between the ages of 50 to 69. They were placed in two groups, first group was people from 50 to 59 age and second group was people with 60 to 69 ages. On these five papers that have been collected, from one to another there have been different views but all of them have had the same point and the same idea. The main point of all these papers is that physical activity must be risen to a higher level. Every research has been done by surveys and old people were giving their answers according to that what they were doing in the last 7 days for example; at work, at home, in their free time, etc. Also, all those activities had 3 groups, hard activity, medium activity, light activity. Results have been showed that physical activity of old people was on quite good level, but that level is not enough. There was a difference, between two groups. Results showed that younger group was more active than older one.