1. BODY TYPES
-A classification of body types or physique has been thought of to distinguish certain physiological and personality traits.

2. What’s your Body Types?

4. Two Classification of Body Types
Ernest Kretschmer
A German Psychiatrist
He wrote that among his patients a frail, rather weak (asthenic) body build as well as a muscular (athletic) physique were frequently characteristic of schizophrenic patients, while a short, rotund (pyknic) build was often found among manic-depressive.

5. William Sheldon
- (born November 19, 1898, Warwick, Rhode Island, U.S.—died September 16, 1977, Cambridge, Massachusetts), American psychologist and physician who was best known for his theory associating physique, personality, and delinquency..
Sheldon attended the University of Chicago, where he received a Ph.D. in psychology in 1926 and an M.D. in 1933.

6. -Sheldon became convinced that the psychological makeup of humans had biological foundations. He constructed a classification system that associated physiology and psychology, which he outlined in The Varieties of Human Physique (1940) and The Varieties of Temperament (1942).
-Sheldon classified people according to three body types:1. endomorphs, who are rounded and soft, were said to have a tendency toward a “viscerotonic” personality (i.e., relaxed, comfortable, extroverted)
2. mesomorphs, who are square and muscular, were said to have a tendency toward a “somotonic” personality (i.e., active, dynamic, assertive, aggressive)
3. ectomorphs, who are thin and fine-boned, were said to have a tendency toward a “cerebrotonic” personality (i.e., introverted, thoughtful, inhibited, sensitive).

8. Kretschmer’s Body Types
Asthenic

9. Athletic

10. Kretschmer’s Body Types
Sheldon’s Body Types
Characteristics
Asthenic
Ectomorph
Lean, slim, shallow-chested, and tall in proportion to their weight.
2. Athletic
Mesomorph
Muscular individual with broad shoulders, well-developed chest, robust and strong.
3. Pyknic
Endomorph
Broad, rounded figure, large head, heavy neck, and rudy face
4 . Dysplastic
____ ____ _____ ______
Abnormal bodies/ abnormal builds

11. Ectomorph
Mesomorph
Endomorph
Skinny, linear/ ruler appearance
Naturally lean
Smooth, round body
Lightly muscled
Naturally muscular
Gains muscle easily, but tends to be underdeveloped
Small joints/ boned
Medium size joints/ bones
Medium/ large joints/ bones
Low body fat (without exercising or following low calorie diets)
Naturally strong
High levels of body fat (may be overweight)
Small shoulders, chest and buttocks
Broad/ square shoulders
Small shoulders, high waist and large hips creating a pear-shaped physique
Long arms and legs
Body fat evenly distributed
Difficult to keep lost body fat off
Difficulty gaining weight
Losing fat is easy
Slow metabolic rate
Fast & efficient metabolism
Efficient metabolism
Attacks of tiredness/ fatigue
Hyperactive
Gaining muscle easy
Lose weight slowly

12. CURETON
-according to him there can never be a rigid classification of body types.
-an individual be may be somewhere in a scale between athletic and pyknic.

13. The limits body types that may be used as an indication of athletic ability
Athletic – pyknic type
Asthenic- athletic type

14. Somatotyping or body classification
-may not be reliable in selection of athletes, yet we can use them as basis in spotting of potential athletes or for classifying for physical education activities.

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