Introduction: Advanced societies have made large investments in the field of talent to select the best people in each sport to improve their skill level plan. Predictors of talent in the sport including anthropometric variables and the elements of fitness (flexibility, strength, endurance) is. Anthropometric characteristics determined by each sport is an important factor, decisive, and is affecting the performance. Flexibility is one of the most important factors athlete normal function. Shooting is a skill acquired with the help of physical abilities and intellectual progress. Physical and psychological study, elite shooters, makes the information available to educators and experts in this field be comprehensive. The aim of this study was to compare anthropometric characteristics and range of motion of the upper limbs, lower spine and adult members of the elite shooters.
Methodology: The population consisted of 45 members of Iran's national shooting team of men and women 32 Shooter (16 females and 16 males) were selected as samples purposely. 15 anthropometric indices (including weight, height, standing, sitting, two hands, arm length, hand length, arm length, the actual length of the foot, the soles of the feet, waist circumference, arm circumference at rest and during contraction, hip, environment mid-thigh and the knee), and range of motion (neck, trunk, shoulder, elbow, wrist, hip, knee, ankle) of the subjects were measured. For statistical analysis, the mean and standard deviation, Kolmogorov-Smirnov test and independent t-test was used (p≤0.05).
Results: The results showed that in all the anthropometric characteristics (except for sitting height, the palm of the hand) there is a significant difference between the two groups, as well as range of motion, just between the right lateral flexion of the neck joint is a significant difference in shooting men and women were observed.
Discussion: The findings of Souri (1385) and research Mondal (2011) was consistent, given that more than two hours of sport shooting activities in the form of static and dynamic, requires physical strength and endurance, it is necessary to anthropometric indices coaches involved shooting performance and flexibility as part of the training program, pay special attention.