Morphological characteristics of adolescent elite female handball and volleyball players

The aim of the current study is to compare morphological characteristics of adolescent elite female handball and volleyball players and to investigate probable differences between them. The sample of the current study consists of athletes from women's national handball teams (n=32, age=17.8±1.1 years, body height 166.6±4.5 cm, body mass 65.0±5.4 kg) and volleyball (n=16, age=18.0±1.4 years, body height 176.5±5.7 cm, body mass 68.1±7.4 kg). The measurements included five skin folds thicknesses (biceps, triceps, subscapular, suprailiac and calf), three circumferences [calf and biceps girth (relaxed and tensed)] end two widths (femur, humerus). In the initial somatometric parameters, the athletes exhibit higher performance triceps (p