1. BODY DIFFERENCES-SOMATOTYPES

2. PEAK PERFORMANCE 2- BODY DIFFERENCES

4. One of the natural assets of some people is their body build or physique. This can be measured and the result is known as your SOMATOTYPE. There are 3 somatotypes.
Endomorph
Mesomorph
Ectomorph
Each of us is likely to be predominant in one or another of these.

5. FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY- SOMATOTYPES

12. Various body measurements are needed in order to work out your somatotype and together with your age and gender, these scores are read from a chart.
The measurements taken are for:
Height
Weight
Bone size
Muscle girth
Fat

13. A score out of 7 will then be given in the following categories:
Fatness-ENDOMORPHY
Muscularity- MESOMORPHY
Linearity (thinness )- ECTOMORPHY
So a persons somatotype might be 2:6:2. this would mean:
2/7 for fat, 6/7 for muscle and 2/7 for thinness.

14. Once the somatotype is known, it can be plotted on a somato chart.

16. Sportspeople from certain sports seem to group together on the somato chart. For example most people are mesomorphs, but some, such as marathon runners and jockeys are closer to the Ectomorph end of the scale

18. HOW CAN BODY TYPING BE USED TO IDENTIFY SPORTS STARS OF THE FUTURE

20. CAN YOU NAME THESE BODY TYPES ?

24. Measuring your somatotype
Measuring fat
Most of the body is covered just beneath the skin with a substance that we call fat. As men get older they tend to increase in fat in the lower abdomen, while women increase fat on the thighs and buttocks as well.
Fat is very good at conserving heat, so thin people feel the cold much more than fat people

25. TO DO THIS YOU USE SKIN FOLD CALIPERS.
In order to find your somatotype, it is necessary to measure your body fat, or skinfolds, at 4 sites on your body
TO DO THIS YOU USE SKIN FOLD CALIPERS.

26. BODY COMPOSITION 1

33. WHERE DO YOU APPEAR ON THE SOMATOTYPE GRAPH ?

35. NOW COMPARE THAT WITH THE DISTRIBUTION OF COLLEGE SPORTSMEN.

39. REVISION