DYNAMICS OF DEVELOPMENT OF SOME ANTHROPOMETRIC INDICATORS IN GIRLS BASKETBALL PLAYERS

ABSTRACT Worldwide, conducting systematic research and control of sports-competitive activities is a severe premise to a well-programmed and managed training process. An important part of control in sports is determining the level of physical development for each gender and age. The aim of the study was to determine the level of physical development in girls up to U12, U14 and U16. The survey was conducted in March - September 2021. The subject of research are the signs of physical development in girls up to U12, U14 and U16. The object of research are the main signs of physical development. 173 girls were studied, divided into three age groups. All participants are basketball players, registered in clubs in Bulgaria. Sports and pedagogical testing were conducted with the participants with the test battery, which includes 7 indicators. The applied research methods are: review study of the specialized literature and sports-pedagogical testing. Depending on the objectives of the study, the following statistical methods were applied: Descriptive statistics, One-way АNOVA and Comparative analysis by Student‘s t-test for independent samples. The results show that the age has a positive effect on the studied anthropometric characteristics. In the selection of girls up to U12, who practice basketball, we should make some corrections and select taller children. Girls from U14 are more overweight but are within the obesity norms for their age group. There is a selection problem in girls U16. There are no tall children, as desired in basketball, among the three groups.