The effect of technical training on physical parameters of 11-14 years old freestyle wrestlers

Abstract

In the study conducted on two groups who regularly practised freestyle wrestling 5 days a week, the mean age of the experimental group was 12.54±0.82 (year), mean body weight was 48.36±8.23 (kg) and mean height was 156.18±8.58 (cm). In the control group, mean age was 13.62±0.33 (year), mean body weight was 47.43±6.65 (kg) and mean height was 158.24±2.26 (cm). The aim of the study was to determine the physical changes of adolescent wrestlers after the technical training. In the method of the study, subcutaneous fat thickness was measured after anthropometric measurements; biceps, triceps, subscapular, pectoral, abdominal, iliac, quadriceps and calf regions were measured. Body circumference measurements: Shoulder, single shoulder, arm excitation circumference, arm contraction, forearm excitation, chest circumference, chest inspiration circumference and chest expression circumference, abdomen, hip, thigh and calf circumferences were measured. The results obtained from the pre-post test data were obtained by applying Paired t-test. The pre-post test subcutaneous measurement results of the experimental group wrestlers; subscapular, biceps, triceps, pectoral, abdominal, suprailiac, tnigh parameters have a significant relationship in the pre-post test results (p0.05). No significant difference was found between the pre-post test data of single shoulder and calf circumference measurements. Considering the results, it was observed that technical training in freestyle wrestling contributed positively to the physical development of adolescent wrestlers.