The study of the relation between anthropometric specialityand balance performance of the different branch supporters

The aim of this study is to examine the relation between the anthropometric speciality and balance performance of the sporters who have different play structure. This study includes the sporters who play football (n=25), volleyball (n=25) and judo (n=25) regularly. In order to specify the anthropometric speciality, measurement was taken from totally 12 sections like the length of legs, the height of sitting, the length of femur, the size of foot, the width of ankle, thelength of shoulder and elbow, the length of fore arm, the width of shoulder, the circles of shoulder, the circles of femur, the circles of waist and the circles of hip. The circles measurement was taken by the right angle to the parts of the body or the length. When the results are examined, it is found that the sitting length of the volleyball players are meaningfully different from the judoist (p<0,05). It is found that there is a pozitive relation between footballer's height and dominant leg right foot opened eye area measurement. The measuring of the shoulder width of judoist is meaningjully different from the other branches. The measuring of the femur circle of volleyball players is meaningjully less than footballers (p<0,05). When the circumference of the thighs were examined, the players were significantly higher than the volleyball players (p<0.05). It is found that volleyball players have less waist width and hip circle measurements than judoist and footballers. There is a positive relationship between footballers static balance performance and foot size and double feet spened eyed area and double feet opened eyed area measurements. It is found that there is a high relationship between judoists dynamic balance performance and sitting heipght and femur length. There is a positive relationship between the shoulder circumference of the players and the non-dominant leg eyes closed area value (619 **). It is foundthat footballers have high values than both judoist and volleyball players in terms of double feet opened eye and closed static and dynamic balance area measurements. There is a positive correlation between body fat percentage value of football players and non-dominant leg eyes closed area value (, 414 *). There was no significant difference in body fat percentage of volleyball players and judo judges with lean body mass (p>0.05). At the end of the study it can be said that there is a basic anthropometric difference between sporters and these differences affect the balance performance. Keywords: Anthropometry, Dynamic Balance, Static Balance.