Somatotypological features of rowers
Over the past decades, has been accumulated an array of scientific data on the issues of training athletes at different stages of many years of improvement both in our country and abroad. The article presents the parameters of longitudinal dimensions of the athletes’ body, the girth of the athletes’ body, transverse dimensions of the athlete’s body, and also thickness of the skin-fat folds, body types according to the Hit-Carter’s scheme. The purpose of the study: to establish the morphological status of athletes of the youth and junior composition of the Russian national team. 29 anthropometric indicators were studied in 30 highly qualified rowers. Were revealed differences in body weight, longitudinal, transverse and circumferential body sizes in the studied groups of athletes. It was found that highly qualified rowers have a meso-ectomorphic type, and athletes with the second sports category tended to ectomorphy, most athletes have an ecto-mesomorphic body type.