AN ANALYSIS OF PHYSICAL FITNESS, SOMATOTYPES, AND ANTHROPOMETRY OF THE ATHLETES AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOLS: AN EXPLANATORY STUDY

Author Name: 1. Benson D. Rivera

Volume/Issue: 04/04

Country: Philippines

DOI NO.: 08.2020-25662434 DOI Link: https://doi-ds.org/doilink/09.2023-27618757/UIJIR

Affiliation:

1. Teacher III, Andres M. Luciano High School, San Pablo, Magalang, Pampanga, Philippines.

ABSTRACT

Physical fitness leads to better athletic performance and determined training will usually develop somatic ability. This study deals with the Physical Fitness, Somatotypes, and Anthropometry of athletes among Secondary Schools: An Explanatory Study for the Academic Year 2022-2023. It defined and measured the health-related fitness, skill-related fitness, the somatotypes and anthropometry of the athletes. The study utilized total number sampling of the respondents of fifteen (15) boys and fifteen (15) girls from the Pampanga track and field team. Mixed method-explanatory study was employed in the study. The data gathered were treated with the used of frequency distribution, weighted mean, and percentage. Pearson r correlation was also used in this study. Frequency and distribution were used on the data of the respondents. The physical fitness, somatotypes and anthropometry student-respondents were treated with weighted mean. To determine the significant relationship among physical fitness, somatotypes and anthropometry of the athletes, multiple correlation analyses were used. To determine the significant relationship of physical fitness and somatotype of the respondents, Pearson r product moment correlations were used. The result showed that there was no significant relationship between physical fitness to somatotype, somatotypes to anthropometry of the respondents. And from the result, there was a highly significant relationship between physical fitness and anthropometry in terms of health related and skill related fitness. And to enhance the athletic performance of athletes a proposed training program was developed.

Key words: Keywords: Physical fitness, Somatotypes and Anthropometry