The comparison of physical and skills characteristic among elite youth rugby players in Malaysia / Dinie Afiq Mohd Zailani

Mohd Zailani, Dinie Afiq (2016) The comparison of physical and skills characteristic among elite youth rugby players in Malaysia / Dinie Afiq Mohd Zailani. [Student Project] (Unpublished)

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to determine the physical fitness and skills
characteristic among elite youth rugby players in Malaysia. Twenty (n=20) rugby
players from Sekolah Sukan Tunku Mahkota Ismail (SSTMI) and twenty-one (n=21)
players from Sekolah Menengah Sains Machang (SMACH), age ranging 15 to 16
years old were recruited in this study. The anthropometric measurement Body Mass
Index (BMI), physical fitness; power, agility, speed and maximal aerobic power and
lastly for the skills characteristic; general, defending and evasion skills were
measured. The results showed that there were no significant difference on power,
maximal aerobic power, general skills and defending skills however there were
significant different on agility, speed and evasion skills between SMACH and
SSTMI. In conclusion, the physique and training volume influenced the results
showed on this study where SSTMI showed better results in all testing components.

Metadata

Item Type:	Student Project
Creators:	Creators Email / ID Num. Mohd Zailani, Dinie Afiq UNSPECIFIED
Subjects:	G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GV Recreation. Leisure > Sports > Relation to psychology. Sports psychology G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GV Recreation. Leisure > Sports > Ball games: Baseball, football, golf, etc.
Divisions:	Universiti Teknologi MARA, Pahang > Jengka Campus > Faculty of Sport Science and Recreation
Keywords:	Rugby union, Anthropometric, Physical fitness, Skills characteristic.
Date:	2016
URI:	https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/22354