The purpose of the preseny study was to estimate the back strength and its correlations with selected anthropometric traits and performance tests in elite Indian volleyball players. Four anthropometric traits viz. height, weight, BMI and right lower extremity length, two body composition parameters, viz. percent body fat and percent lean body mass, three performance tests, viz. sit and reach test, illinois agility test and vertical jump test, and back strength were measured on randomly selected 75 elite Indian volleyball players (40 males and 35 females) aged 18–25 years. An adequate number of controls (n = 90, 53 males and 47 females) were also taken from the same place for comparisons. In results, one way analysis of variance showed significant between-group differences (p ≤ 0.006 - 0.001) in all the variables between volleyball players of both the sexes and controls. In volley players, significantly positive correlations (p ≤ 0.01) were found between back strength and height, weight, right lower extremity length, percent lean body mass and vertical jump test, whereas significantly negative correlations (p ≤ 0.01) were found with percent body fat and illinois agility test. In conclusion, it may be stated that back strength had some strong positive correlations with three anthropometric traits, one body composition component and one performance test in elite Indian volleyball players.
