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A set of 10 morphological and 7 motor tests was applied on a group of seventy two Croatian soccer players, with the aim of determining the relation between morphological characteristics and motor abilities. The predictor group of variables consisted of 10 measures of morphological characteristics evaluation: 5 body mass and volume evaluation tests, 1 longitudinal skeleton dimensionality evaluation test and 4 subcutaneous fat tissue evaluation tests. After the preliminary processing procedures, the relations between the predictor and the criterion set of variables were determined, with the help of series of regression correlation analysis. Significant and positive relations between some morphological characteristics and motor abilities were determined, with the p

The aim of this research was to analyse the somatotype differences in young Croatian rowers and soccer players. The research was conducted on the sample of 19 soccer players and 14 rowers aged 16 years. The average somatotype value in rowers was 4.64-4.54-2.84±2.11-1.14-1.02 (mezomorph-endomorph), while in soccer players it was 2.43-4.39-3.28±0.96-1.13-1.21 (ectomorph-mezomorph). The independent samples T-test showed that the endomorph component was significantly more expressed in rowers than in soccer players. Eight somatotype categories for rowers and six for soccer players were created based on the category diagram. The highest percentage of rowers belonged to the mesomorphic endomorph category (29%), while in soccer players the most represented was the ectomorphic mezomorph (28%) category. 50 % of rowers belonged to the somatotype categories dominated by the endomorphic component, while 62% of soccer players belonged to the somatotype categories dominated by the mesomorphic component.