SOMATOTYPE

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SOMATOTYPE
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Somatotype

• Your Body Type is something that you are Born
  with and Determined by Genetics
• You can Change Muscle Mass but not Height or Bone
  Structure
• There are 3 Body Types
• Endomorph (FAT)
• Mesomorph (MUSCULAR)
• Ectomorph (THIN)

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Endomorph

• These People tend to be Short Round
• A lot of Fat Gain Weight quite Easily
• They have Short Legs in Relation to their Trunks

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Mesomorph

• Body is Y-shaped
• Muscular Legs Arms with Wide Shoulders
• Narrow Waist Minimal Fat

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Ectomorph

• Tend to be Short and Slim
• Little Muscle Little Fat
• Narrow Shoulders Hips

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Somatotype

• Not many People fit Perfectly as one of the
  Previous Body Types
• To Find a match you have to Score yourself
  between 1 and 7 for Each Somatotype
• 7 Points is an Exact Match of that Somatotype 1
  is the Exact Opposite
• Which Body Type are you Most like?
• Which Sport would you be most Suited to and why?

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Somatotype Sport

• Australia in the 90s tried to use Somatotyping
  Fitness Testing to identify Children with Sports
  early
• This was also done in Eastern Europe the
  children sent away to Training Programmes

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Using the Information on Somatotypes, what Body
Types would be most suited to the Following
Sports?

• Volleyball
• WWF Wrestling
• Show Jumping
• Football

• Mesomorph
• Endomorph
• Ectomorph
• Mesomorph

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Ectomorph
Endomorph
Mesomorph
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Sports

• What sports have mixed somatotypes participating
  in the same team?
• Rugby
• Endomorph Hooker/Front Row
• Mesomorph Forward
• Ectomorph Scrum-Half/Back

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