~ 4 ~  International Journal of Yogic, Human Movement and Sports Sciences 2018; 3(1): 04-07 ISSN: 2456-4419 Impact Factor: (RJIF): 5.18 Yoga 2018; 3(1): 04-07 © 2018 Yoga www.theyogicjournal.com Received: 04-11-2017 Accepted: 05-12-2017 Dr. Devesh Shukla Assistant Professor, Post Graduate Teaching Department of Physical Education V.S.S.D College, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India Rahul Trivedi Assistant Professor, Post Graduate Teaching Department of Physical Education V.S.S.D College, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India Mukesh Kumar Upadhyay Assistant Professor, Post Graduate Teaching Department of Physical Education V.S.S.D College, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India Himanshu Kumar Tiwari Assistant Professor, Post Graduate Teaching Department of Physical Education V.S.S.D College, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India Correspondence Dr. Devesh Shukla Assistant Professor, Post Graduate Teaching Department of Physical Education V.S.S.D College, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India A descriptive study on selected anthropometric variables in national volleyball players  Dr. Devesh Shukla, Rahul Trivedi, Mukesh Kumar Upadhyay and Himanshu Kumar Tiwari Abstract Aim: The purpose of the study was to determine the Anthropometric characteristics National Volleyball Players. Methods: The study was conducted on sixty volleyball players from various states which participated in National Volleyball Championship. Twenty subjects from each team (i.e. Spiker, Setter and Libro) were selected for the present study. The age of the subjects ranged from 18 to 25 years. Variables: The following Anthropometric variables were selected for the purpose of this study: Standing Height, Body Weight, Leg Length, Arm Length, Forearm Length, Trunk Length, Upper Arm Girth, Hand Length, Thigh Length, Thigh girth, Calf Girth. Statistics: To characterize Volleyball players by their selected anthropometrical variables to standard human performance measures, descriptive statistics was used. Conclusions: Spikers were taller and heavier than set-upper and Libero whereas Libero are most shortest player in a team. Keywords: Anthropometric, Volleyball Introduction Sports and games are no longer just sports games. They are big business all over the world. The boom in Prize Money and the practice of internationally renowned sportsman signing on the product has made sports, big business. Sports lover shall over the World are happy that reputed sportsman are no longer obliged to follow a regime of high thinking and low living. Sports by their nature are enjoyable, challenging and absorbing, and require a certain amount of skills and physical condition (Seten 1956). In the order of human values conquest in field of sports hold a unique plane. It is the combination of success, victory, triumph and domination of mover other team mates and friends. The sublimity of competition is in the loser’s acclaim for the winners, which along with the friends and shake acknowledge both defeat and triumph (Rieckehoff, 1977). Change and challenges are the twin laws of nature as they affect every aspect of human life. Changes are taking place all around and because of these changes new challenges present them selves. Man is constantly trying to meet these challenges and excel his previous performance every time (panner 1981). Anthropometrics measurements were central concerns of the fist phase of the scientific era of measurements, which have been began in the 1860's current interest in anthropometrics measurements focus in three areas, girth measures, body type and body composition. The assess of such measures include classification, prediction of growth patterns and prediction of success in motor activities as well as assessment of ability (Philips 1979). Anthropometric measurement consists of objective measurements of structure and functions of the body. The measurement of the structure includes items such as weight, total height and width, the depth and the circumferences of the chest etc. The measurements of functions includes such items as pulse rate arterial and venous, blood pressure, muscles strength, basal metabolic rate, estimate from cardio-vascular posture and breathing capacity (Sundarajun 1972).