Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
11th International Sports Sciences Congress, Antalya, Türkiye, 10 - 12 Kasım 2010, ss.246-248
The purpose of this study was to compare anthropometric proportional relations and grip strength
of elite badminton and tennis players. The sample of this study consists of totally thirty elite tennis
and badminton players who participated the study voluntary. Stata 11 package program was used in
the study to analyze the data. Nonparametric Mann-Whitney U test and parametric t- test was used
for variables As a result of this study, a statistically significant difference between badminton and
tennis players is observed for the variables the proportion of forearm/wholearm and proportion of
bitrochanteric diameter/biacromial diameter (p<0.05). Whereas the proportion of forearm/whole
arm in badminton players, the proportion of bitrochanteric diameter/biacromial diameter in tennis
players were higher. We may conclude that badminton players have an advantage of force required
in stroking, which is consistent with leverage principle, due to frequent use of forearm in Badminton
whose players have shorter forearm lengths than tennis players. The dominant grip strengths of
badminton players were significantly lower (p<0.05) compared to tennis players and a statistically
significant difference between badminton and tennis players is observed. The lower dominant grip
strength of badminton players than tennis players can be dedicated to difference in weights of the
racquets used.