Abstract

The study compares he stature, the body mass, the growth type, the somatotype and the relative body fat content of 40 Hungarian national soccer team members and 112 Class I soccer players. National team members were significantly taller and heavier. Their growth type was slightly more leptomorphic, but also more hyperplastic. Nevertheless, the mean plastic index of even the national soccer team was lower than the value found previously in handball or volleyball players of the same stature. The somatotype of the national team members was ecto-mesomorph and that of the group of Class I players was balanced mesomorph. A significant difference of also relative body fat content estimates was observed, national team members being leaner, though even the Class I players had a favourably low fat content. Verf.-Referat