Somatic build vs sports result of pole vault contestants aged 16 - 17

Abstract

Experimental researches conducted between 2005 and 2009 included 20 sportsmen aged 16-17 pole vaulting at the sports club ‘Zawisza’ Bydgoszcz, TS ‘Olimpia’ Poznań, pole vault centre Gdańsk, ‘Gwardia’ Piła, ‘Śląsk’ Wrocaław. The aim of the thesis was to define the relation between somatic parameters and sports results of pole vaulters of junior category (aged 16-17). The following methods and research tools were used in the thesis: evaluation of physical development, testing physical dexterity, recording sports results and statistical description. The analysis of the researches showed great diversity of somatic features and physical dexterity results of particular athletes. The relation which occurs between sports result of the pole vault and the body height (0.66), the length of upper limb and lower limb (0.64, 0.54, respectively) are interesting. On the basis of the above analysis with regard to, among many, small number of the examined, it is not possible to draw far-reaching conclusions concerning the relation which occurs between somatic build and physical dexterity attempts and pole vault result.