ANTROPOMETRIC AND MOTOR CHARACTERISTICS OF THE KOSOVO SUPERLEAGUE MIDFIELDERS IN FOOTBOLL

Agron Thaqi, Bylbyl Sokoli

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to verify the anthropometric and motor status of the midfielders of the first six teams and midfielders of the last six teams in the ranking table of the Kosovo Football Superleague. Seventy two players from twelve teams, six per each team were selected as the sample of the study. Anthropometric characteristics, including height, weight, and Body Mass Index (BMI) and the motoric characteristics including, the values obtained from the tests such as standing high jump, standin long jump, 10x4m shuttle run, medium anaerobic force, maximum anaerobic force, running 30m and Sit and Reach were compared. As a result, no statistically valid differences were found in the anthropometric and motor variables analyzed in this paper, between the midfielders of the first and last teams in the ranking list of the Superleague of Kosovo.

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