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The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between physical fitness levels of performance and anthropometric characteristics of male athletes aged 9-12 years who regularly participate in taekwondo. Sixty licensed taekwondoist volunteers participated in the study. The average age, height, and weight of the athletes participating in the study were 10.41±1.16 years, 144.16±15.19 cm and 39.66±12.27 kg, respectively. The participants in the study practiced taekwondo two hours twice a week for 2.5 years. Physical fitness levels of the taekwondoists were measured using the Eurofit Physical Fitness Test Battery protocol. Measurements taken include height, weight, skin fold thickness, and body height and circumference. The Durning-Womersley formula was used to calculate body mass and the Siri formula was used to calculate body fat percentage. The measurements were evaluated using the SPSS statistical program and Pearson correlation analysis was performed to investigate the relationship between the variables. The results demonstrated a significant negative correlation between 10x5m push up run, balance, disc hitting and flexibility parameters and anthropometric characteristics. Long jump, right and left grip force, 30 sec situp test, Bent arm pull-up test hanging values and the anthropometric properties were found to be positively correlated. In conclusion, anthropometric characteristics of 9-12 year old male taekwondoists were found to have positive and negative effects on performance related physical fitness levels.

This study aimed at investigating the change in taekwondo athletes' performance as a result of the training with electronic head gears in order to develop their high level technical skills. The research sample consisted of 30 licensed male taekwondo athletes who were in the age range of 10-13 years and trained in a private gym. Four high-level strike techniques were identified for the development of their technical skills, and they were applied an eight-week taekwondo training program including two hours of practice per day three days a week. IBM SPSS 21.0 software was used to analyze the research data. Descriptive statistics were used to determine the distributions of the data. Pearson's correlation analysis was used to examine inter-variable relations, and ANOVA (post-hoc Tukey) analysis was used to determine the differences between the research groups. The results were presented as means (X) and standard deviations (SS). The p values of less than 0.05 were considered statistically significant. A significant difference between the groups was determined in the final test measurements, but no statistically significant difference was found in the first test. The practice with electronic head gears system was found to have a positive effect on the performance of athletes who performed the technical strikes in the training program.

Öz: Bu araştırmanın amacı 2019 Yıldızlar Türkiye Taekwondo Şampiyonasında kazanan ve kaybeden bazı kadın ve erkek sporcuların maç analizlerinin yapılmasıdır. Araştırmada erkeklerde 4, kadınlarda 3 sıklet olmak üzere toplam 7 sıkletin maçları video kameraya kaydedilmiştir. İlk turlar, yarı final ve finaller olmak üzere toplam 84 maç kaydedilmiş ve sonrasında Mavi Var ve arkadaşları (2015) tarafından geliştirilen 'Taekwondo Maç Analiz' formu kullanılarak analiz edilmiştir. Elde edilen verilerin analizinde tanımlayıcı istatistikler kullanılarak ortalama değerler, frekans ve yüzdelik değerler alınmıştır. İkili karşılaştırmalarda Independent Samples Test kullanılmıştır. Bulgular incelendiğinde erkek sporcuların maç içerisinde aldıkları cezaların kadın sporculara göre anlamlılık gösterdiği görülmüştür (p<0.05). Kazanan erkek sporcuların maç içerisindeki uyguladıkları tekniklerin ortalama değerlerine bakıldığında özellikle yarı final ve finallerde kaybeden sporculara göre daha az teknik uyguladıkları buna rağmen daha fazla puan kazandıkları görülmektedir. Kadın sporcularda ise kazanan sporcuların yarı final ve finallerde daha fazla teknik uygulayarak rakiplerinden daha fazla puan aldıkları görülmektedir. Sonuç olarak yıldızlar taekwondo müsabakalarında erkekler daha az ama isabetli teknik uygulayarak maç kazanmakta, kadınlar ise daha çok teknik uygulayarak puan alma şansını artırmakta olduğu söylenebilir.