Introduction: Performing skillful and athletic skills depends on the ability to maintain balance in various occasions. Balance as one of the most important factors influencing physical stability, show a high correlation with performance. The aim of this study was to compare the static balance of men and women karate national team.
Methodology: The population consisted of 20 members of Iran karate national team of men and women, 10 men (age 25.62±4.60 years, height 177.56±5.05 cm, weight 74.21±8.46 kg) and 10 women (age 23.12±1.54 years, height 164.18±4.21 cm, weight 58.06±8.07 kg) were purposively selected as sample. Static balance test of subjects was evaluated by storks test between men and women.
Results: For statistical analysis, the mean and standard deviation, KS test and independent t-test was used to compare mean values of continuous variables between groups.
Discussion: The results showed that there was a significant difference between static balance of women and men karate that balance of men was better than women.