This study was conducted to investigate the state and trait anxiety of 13-16 years old badminton players. 72 female and 73 male players with a mean age of 14.44±1.12 constitute the sample of this study participated in the U-17 badminton championships organized by the Badminton Federation of Turkey. State and Trait anxiety inventory developed by Spielberg in 1976 and adapted to Turkish by Öner and Le Compte were used as data collection tools. The data obtained were analyzed using IBM SPSS Statistics for Windows package software. While independent sample t-test and One-Way ANOVA tests are used in the analysis of the data; Pearson correlation coefficient was examined to look at the relationship between the data. As a result, while the participants' state and trait anxiety levels and age, sports year, mother education level, father education level and monthly income level variables could not be determined; there was a significant relationship between state anxiety levels and gender. It was found that anxiety levels of male participants were higher than those of females.

Background: Amputee football is a sports branch for the disabled that has become popular in recent years. However, studies on determining and improving the performance parameters of amputee football players are limited. Aim: The purpose of this study is to compare the strength parameters of amputee football players (AF) depending on the degree of amputation. Methods: 35 amputee football players aged 16-48 years, actively participating in amputee football superleague, participated in our study. Descriptive research, one of the quantitative data collection instruments, was chosen as the research type. In the study, participants with transtibial amputation (TTA) (n=17, age=32.41±2.13, height= 173.47±1.82, weight=69.17±2.47) and transfemoral amputation (TFA) (n=18, age=26.50±1.26, height= 177.00±1.29, weight= 72.22±2.92) were divided into two groups according to amputation level. After recording the demographic data (age, height, weight, amputation level) of the participants, the waist-to-hip ratio was measured. During the study, participants' back, leg, and handgrip strengths were measured using a Takai brand dynamometer. For the statistical operations in the study, SPSS 25 package programme was used. Independent Samples T Test was used for the analysis of variables between groups. The Pearson correlation test was used to determine the relationship between the variables. Results: According to the results of the study, no significant difference was found between the TTA and TFA groups in terms of back strength, leg strength, hand grip strength, and hip-to-hip ratio (p > 0.05). Pearson's correlation analysis between variables revealed that for participants with TTA, there was a relationship between back strength and height (p=.031) and weight (p=.012), between leg strength and waist circumference (p=.037) and hip circumference (p=.035), and between handgrip strength and height. (p=.006), a high correlation was found between waist-to-hip ratio and age (p=.002), weight (p=.004) and BMI (p=.000) (p < 0.05). A high correlation was found between back strength, leg strength (p=.007) and handgrip strength (p=.020), waist-hip ratio and BMI (p=.032) in participants with TFA (p<0.05). Conclusion: In evaluating the research results, it was found that the level of amputation had no effect on back, leg, and hand grip strength. In addition, it was found that there was a significant relationship between the participants' leg strength-back strength, back strength-hand grip strength, back strength-height, and hand grip strength-height. It is anticipated that in more comprehensive studies in which 1st and 2nd division amputee football teams may participate, different results will be obtained. Keywords: amputee football, strength, back strength, leg strength, amputation level.

Aim: This study sought answers to the problem of whether the lung respiratory volume capacities of boulder sport climber athletes are completely different by gender, or if there is a difference only in some parameters. The study was carried out with 12 male and 13 female athletes competing in the youth boulder sports climbing Turkish championships. Athletes with a training history of more than two years were included in the study with a preliminary evaluation of their training histories and physical characteristics. Demographic information such as the age and gender of the athletes were recorded, and their height, weight, and BMI (body mass index) levels were determined to form a homogeneous group. Athletes with physically similar characteristics were included in the study. The lung breathing capacities of the boulder sport climbers were measured using the MIR Spirolab 4 spirometer device. These measurements were conducted at least three times on each athlete, and their best values were recorded. During the spirometry measurements, the athletes were seated and dressed in comfortable clothing. Additionally, spring nose clips were attached to the athletes' noses to prevent air leakage. At the time of the measurements, the air temperature was in the range of 18-22 °C and humidity was 30-60%. The data obtained were analyzed in the SPSS 22.0 package software, and a free seven-day trial version of GraphPad Prism 8 was used for presenting the figures. To determine the normality of the data, the Kolmogorov Smirnov test, histogram charts, skewness and kurtosis, q-q plot, and stem-leaf plots were examined, and the distribution was observed to be normal. Independent samples t-test was used to determine the difference between the two groups. The level of significance was considered as p

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