Perfil antropométrico y somatotipo de futbolistas de la selección de fútbol sub-16 de la Unidad Educativa Cristóbal Colón en el período entre octubre del 2018 y febrero 2019

Abstract

The main objective of the project was to determine the anthropometric profile and somatotype in the sub 16 soccer team of The Cristobal Colon School of the city of Guayaquil from October 2018 to February 2019. The parameters were taken as reference of the international society for the advance cement of cineantropometry and the mathematical method of Heath - Carter to obtain the population’s somatotype. A descriptive observational study was conducted; where a population of 36 athletes from a range of ages of 14 to 16 Years old was analyze to obtain the body composition and the somatotype. The Cristobal Colon´s students were compared with Chilean athletes from six different teams in the same category and a similar population, then it proceeded to make a comparison between the athletes form six different teams of Chile in the same category and similar population. The analysis showed that there are similarities between three somatotypes which were balanced mesomorph, balanced ectomorph and meso ectomorph. These results indicate that the athletes of Cristobal Colon are slightly close to the ideal somatotype, however to reach it they must have a more strict care and monitoring of their diet.