The aim of the paper was to examine the significance of athletes` body height in the final sort ranking as well as differences in body height between field hockey teams participating in a field hockey tournament. The study consisted of measurement of 11 selected somatic features in 83 hockey players representing five countries. The complex of Perkal`s method for environmental index in Milicer`s modification was employed in the analysis. The results reveal that the presented method can be useful in sport practice. The obtained results will make it possible to create a hypothetical player`s model to help coaches in their selection of individual training loads, which combined with an adequately balanced diet will assure achievement of expected training and sport results.
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