THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CERTAIN ANTHROPOMETRIC TRAITS AND SUCCESS IN JUMPING ATHLETIC EVENTS

Glavni cilj ovog diplomskog rada je utvrditi postoji li povezanost između natjecateljskih rezultata i varijabli tjelesne visine, tjelesne težine, indeksa tjelesne mase te dobi ispitanika. Uzorak ispitanika predstavljaju rezultati 100 najboljih skakačica i skakača na tablicama svih vremena IAAF-a i 10 najboljih hrvatskih skakača i skakačica svih vremena po tablicama HAS-a. Uzorak varijabli čine: natjecateljski rezultati u disciplinama: skok u vis, skok s motkom, skok u dalj i troskok; starost, rezultat, visina tijela, masa tijela ispitanica i ispitanika te je iz njih izračunat postotak indeksa tjelesne mase. Rezultati su opisani osnovnim statističkim deskriptivnim parametrima, a povezanost rezultata u atletskim disciplinama skokova sa ostalim varijablama izračunata je multiplom regresijskom analizom. Opisane su morfološke karakteristuke ispitanika u disciplinama skokova. Rezultati pokazuju da u ispitanika oba spola, svjetske i hrvatske razine, nije dobivena statistički značajna povezanost te se može potvrditi postavljena hipoteza osim u disciplini skok u vis muški kod hrvatskih ispitanika gdje se težina i visina pokazuju statistčki značajnim. Ako se analiziraju vijednosti parcijalnih koeficijenata može se uočiti da se dob pokazuje statistički značajnom u hrvatskih skakačica u skoku s motkom i svjetskih skakačica u troskoku. Time bi se za te discipline djelomično odbacila postavljena hipoteza.The main aim of this research study was to determine relationship between competitive results and variables: body height, body mass, body mass index and age of subjects. The subjects' sample comprised of 100 male and female jumpers' results from IAAF all time tables, as well as of 10 best Croatian male and female jumpers' results from HAS all time tables. The variables' sample were competitive results in events: height jump, pole vault, long jump and triple jump; age, result, body height, body mass of subjects as well as their calculated body mass index. The results are decribed with basic statistic desciptive parameters, while the relationship between results of jumping athletic events and remaining variables was calculated using multiple regression analysis. Morphological traits of subjects in jumping events were decribed. The results show that for subjects of both gender, on international and national level, statistically significant relationship was not obtained which confirms initial hypothesis, except for event height jump for Croatian male subjects where body height and body mass are statistically significant. From the analysis of partial coefficients' values it can be seen that the age of Croatian female vault jumpers and the age of world female triple jumpers is statistically significant. This would partially refute the initial hypothesis