BODY DIFFERENCESSOMATOTYPES

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BODY DIFFERENCES-SOMATOTYPES
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PEAK PERFORMANCE 2- BODY DIFFERENCES
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One of the natural assets of some people is their
body build or physique. This can be measured and
the result is known as your SOMATOTYPE. There are
3 somatotypes.

• Endomorph
• Mesomorph
• Ectomorph

Each of us is likely to be predominant in one or
another of these.
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FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY- SOMATOTYPES
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Various body measurements are needed in order to
work out your somatotype and together with your
age and gender, these scores are read from a
chart.
The measurements taken are for

• Height
• Weight
• Bone size
• Muscle girth
• Fat

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A score out of 7 will then be given in the
following categories

• Fatness-ENDOMORPHY
• Muscularity- MESOMORPHY
• Linearity (thinness )- ECTOMORPHY

So a persons somatotype might be 262. this
would mean
2/7 for fat, 6/7 for muscle and 2/7 for thinness.
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Once the somatotype is known, it can be plotted
on a somato chart.
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Sportspeople from certain sports seem to group
together on the somato chart. For example most
people are mesomorphs, but some, such as marathon
runners and jockeys are closer to the Ectomorph
end of the scale
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HOW CAN BODY TYPING BE USED TO IDENTIFY SPORTS
STARS OF THE FUTURE
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CAN YOU NAME THESE BODY TYPES ?
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Measuring your somatotype
Measuring fat
Most of the body is covered just beneath the skin
with a substance that we call fat. As men get
older they tend to increase in fat in the lower
abdomen, while women increase fat on the thighs
and buttocks as well.
Fat is very good at conserving heat, so thin
people feel the cold much more than fat people
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In order to find your somatotype, it is necessary
to measure your body fat, or skinfolds, at 4
sites on your body
TO DO THIS YOU USE SKIN FOLD CALIPERS.
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BODY COMPOSITION 1
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WHERE DO YOU APPEAR ON THE SOMATOTYPE GRAPH ?
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NOW COMPARE THAT WITH THE DISTRIBUTION OF COLLEGE
SPORTSMEN.
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REVISION
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