A Research on Somatatype of Elite Taekwondo Athletes of China

The survey indicates that the somatay pes of the elite Tackwondo athletes follow certains,regulation,which can provide scientific bases for selecting patential athletes. The somatatype features of male aethletes are as follows:wellproportioned stature,welldeveloped museles and skeletons,low subcutaneous fat. The somatatype of female athletes differs from that of male athletes in high subcutaneous fat and mediocrelydeveloped muscles and skeletons.With the rising of grade, the somataype of male athletes transforms from deriomesomorph to mesomorph and that of femal athletes transforms from derio to endomorphy. Therefore, femal athletes are expected to reduce fat and to enhance muscle exercise so as to strengthen physique and to improve results.