Anthropometric profile as a selection criterion for prepubescent swimmers

Abstract EN

The purpose of this research is to determine the anthropometric profile of 64 young boys swimmers in the age racket of (9.79 ± 0.69 years old).

45 anthropometric parameters (weight, stature, lengths, diameters, circumferences and skinfolds) were measured according to the standards of Martin R.

(1928), Ross and al.

(1982).

we also calculated the body surface area (du bois & du bois, 2000), skele index (%) according to maneuverer (vandervael, 1980), and some morphological indexes.

for the dryland tests we used Sargent test methods (1921) and Aahper (1976), both used by Hansen and al.

(1997) and Napfa from Singapore (quick, J.J., 1993).

in the water part we realized the ventral glide (Cazorla et al., 1984) and the buoyancy test (Cazorla, 1993).

finally, ANOVA and ACP are the statistical methods that allowed us to plot the anthropometric profiles of young prepubescent swimmers to our sample, which can eventually be used to the swimming selection.