Abstract

To achieve the purpose of finding out the relationship between body composition and motor fitness of male high school boys, Seventy (N=70), male students ranging in age between 13-16 years who are studying High School boys. The sample of subjects selected for the present study were tested and measured for motor fitness. Body mass index (BMI) was measured and calculated for each subject. The motor fitness test battery that consisted of three items, viz., Vertical jump (to measure power of the leg), Chin-ups (to measure muscular and endurance and arms) and Shuttle run (to measure speed and agility) was administered to the selected subjects. Body composition scores as measured by BMI for each subjects and performance scores of each subject in 3 different items of the test battery (y1, y2 and y3,) were in numerical form, which represented the data for the present study. The data in respect of the independent variable and dependent variables were statistically analyzed through computation of correlation coefficient. The statistical analysis of data has revealed that; 1. Body composition was not significantly related to any of the two motor fitness variables, Vertical jump (to measure power of the leg), Chin-ups (to measure muscular and endurance and arms) and Shuttle run (to measure speed and agility). 2. Body composition was not significantly related to power of the leg, and muscular endurance. 3. Body composition was significantly related to speed and agility.