The Height and Weight Analysis of Men’s Kabaddi Athlete in Asian Games 2018 Jakarta Palembang

Abstract

---Kabaddi is a sport played by two teams who attack each other to catch and touch to get as many points as they can. This sport needs good physical and bio-motor components, such as agility and strength. This research aimed to analyze the average result of age, height and weight of Kabaddi athletes in the 2018 Asian games as one of the criteria for selecting athletes who would compete for the Asian level. Subject in this research was all men’s kabaddi athletes from each country participating in Asian Games 2018 of 118 athletes. This research used ex post facto method. The variables of this research consisted of age, height and weight. Furthermore, the results of the data would be analyzed using descriptive analysis. For ages of men's kabaddi had an average of 25.92. Height had an average of 175.36. Weight had an average of 76.80. Based on the result of the research, it can be seen that weight factor is an important factor in determining the criteria for athletes in kabaddi sport besides age and height because weight has a maximum limit set in the rules of the match.