Development of Free Style Wrestling Skill Test for Junior Boys

DergiPark (Istanbul University), 2020

The aim of this study is to determine the changes in the physical and motoric characteristics of wrestlers in wrestling education Centers in the first year. The average age of the wrestling training center wrestlers was 12.05 years in the first measurement and the last measurement was 13.05 years. There was a significant change in age and height of wrestlers in one year period (p <0.001). The change in body weights was found to be insignificant (p> 0.05). The changes in squat jump, long jump, hand grip strength, flexibility, shuttle pull, 30 meter speed, aerobic and anaerobic power values of the wrestlers were significant in one year period (p <0.05 and p <0.001). There was no significant difference in throwing health ball in one year period (p> 0.05). In the present study, the differences between the average max V02, 30 meter sprint, number of shuttles in 30 seconds and sit and reach flexibility values of wrestlers within a year were found to be statistically significant (p<0.05 and p<0.001). Conclusion: Motor performance parameters of speed, abdominal strength, flexibility, anaerobic strength and aerobic endurance values of the wrestlers increased during the one year period. There was no significant increase in shoulder-arm throw strength. Particular attention should be given to arm traction movements, in addition to pushing from arms and shoulder area exercises during wrestlers' training.

European Journal of Physical Education and Sport Science, 2018

The aim of this study was to construct norms for Basic Movement Patterns of Freestyle Wrestling Player. Fifty five, male Freestyle Wrestling Player of Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar between the age group of 19-25 years volunteered to participate in the study. The 20 Meter Dash Test was used to measure Running Speed, Illinois Agility Test was used to measure Running Agility, Standing Long Jump Test was used to measure Jumping Ability and Overhead Medicine Ball Throw Test was used to measure Throwing Ability. Statistical analyses were performed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences for Windows version 16.0 software (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL). In order to construct the norms, Percentile Scale was used. Further, the scores were classified into five grades (i.e., very good, good, average, poor and very poor). In Running Speed, the scores below 5.149 are considered very poor, from about 4.837-5.49 is considered poor, 4.213-4.837 is considered average, 4.213-3.901 is con...

Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2019

Detection of a talented individual in sports and steering him/her to the relevant sports branch is very important for sports success. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the effects of the Talent Identification Tests used by the coaches in wrestling on success. In this research, qualitative research technique was used. The participants of the study are 165 voluntary coaches working in youth setups, amateur clubs, professional clubs and the national team and having an average of eight years of coaching experience in 45 provinces of Turkey in seven different geographical regions. In this qualitative research, Semi-structured interview form developed by the researchers was used as a data collection tool. The data were obtained by the expert researchers in the related field and analysed via NVİVO. Of the 165 coaches in the present study, 106 (64.24%) were detected to perform a talent test for the athletes who just started to wrestle and 59 (35.76 %) were detected not to apply a talent test. 41 (38.68 %) of the coaches who applied talent tests to the wrestlers grounded their assessment on basic motoric characteristics of wrestlers, 36 (33.96%) physical structures and wrestling tendencies of the athletes, 19 (17.92%) on the competition observations and technical characteristics and 10 (9.43 %) on intelligence. In conclusion, it can be asserted that wrestling coaches' talent identification tests applied to athletes are effective in identification the athlete candidates who may be successful.

Journal of Anthropology of Sport and Physical Education

Physical development, fitness and motor skills are the most important components in determining the performance and success of wrestlers, with wrestling largely dependent on overall body strength and relatively short match times. The aim of the present study is to evaluate the relationships between the physical and motor characteristics of young wrestlers in Sivas, Turkey. The study conducted on 86 male freestyle wrestlers aged 10 to 21 years representing urban and rural areas. The sample was analyzed by age groups; 10 to 14 years olds, 15 to 17 years olds and 18 to 21 years olds due to the skill level of the United World Wrestling (UWW) sport categories. Anthropometric measurements (height, weight, skin folds and body composition) as well as motor tests (speed, flexibility and durability) were performed and the data were analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 23. The results showed that physical properties were correlated significantly with motor features and affected them significantly. According to standardized regression coefficients (β), particularly muscle mass and free fat mass values were presented significant relationships on the anthropometric characters for all of age groups. As a conclusion, wrestlers from all age groups have presented with high level of fat mass, muscle mass and fat free mass where motor and physical properties are highly correlated among the wresting athletes in accordance with the special traning methods.

Journal of Exercise Science & Physiotherapy, 2016

Aim: The aim of this study was to examine the body composition and hand grip strength of different weight categories of junior free style male wrestlers. Method: one hundred fifty (N=150) male junior free style wrestlers were participated as subjects and they were further divided into five groups according to their weight categories, each group was comprised of thirty wrestlers. Body fat percentage was estimated by using Durnin and Womersley equation and the strength was measured from hand grip test. Results: A statistical significant positive correlation was found between the hand grip strength and age, height, weight, BMI, skinfold thickness and %BF. Conclusion: it is concluded that the free style wrestling is a weight classified sport; therefore the correlation of weight of the wrestlers with strength is important. The results of the present study also demonstrated the effect of age, height, BMI, and BF % on the hand grip strength of wrestlers.

The fact that individuals meet sports from early years is an important determinant of their future behaviours and attitudes towards sports. Individual s meeting sports and their expectations are among some of the important factors in the development of sports and spreading to the masses. The aim of this work in this context is that it aimed to determine the views and expectation of children's tendency towards belt wrestling.

International Journal of Wrestling Science, 2017

The rules of wrestling competition were changed by United World Wrestling (UWW) before the 2016 Olympic Games. The aim of this study was to develop a wrestling competition analysis form according to the latest wrestling competition rules of UWW for all age categories and styles. We observed and separately analyzed 300 wrestling competitions. Thereafter, we identified the deficiencies, confusions, and defects in the form and made a common decision about variables. Finally, we obtained the revised form. This form provides access to the latest wrestling rules, which will make it easier for researchers working on wrestling competition analysis, as well as helping coaches and managers to record the bouts of their wrestlers in competitions and their opponents. As a result, wrestlers can use this form to decide when, where, and how they applied a technique; from which lateral they applied the technique; and how many points they received. Moreover, the form will help them to obtain permanent results. Thus, the characteristics of wrestlers can be recorded according to the latest wrestling competition rules.

2007

Study aim: To identify certain general and specific fitness tests suitable for predicting success in wrestling. Material and methods: Junior wrestlers (n = 285), 13 -14 years of age, were subjected to 11 anthropometric measurements, 5 general motor tests and 10 sport-specific tests in 1984. The wrestlers were classified into light-, medium-and heavy-weight categories and, according to their achievements, as successful or non-successful later in their sports career. The data were subjected to multiple variable statistics and discriminant analysis. Results: The following groups of variables differentiated the successful and unsuccessful wrestlers: those directly or indirectly related to pull strength and tests measuring coordination abilities in the light-weight category, local muscle endurance in medium-weight category, and general strength and endurance in heavy weight category. Conclusions: Since final selections take place only after a longer training experience, an assessment system consisting of a few tests based on technical elements specific for given age group seems to be adequate.

Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2017

The processes of talent identification and development provide serious advantages to success of athletes. The interpretation of the current situation in the process of the athletes' education gets more worth through the use of objective assessment, in other words using norm values. The observation of the talent by norms is important for each sport event like it is for wrestling. The purpose of this study is to determinate the normative values of speed and agility ability for student wrestlers. The research group is a group of 480 male student wrestlers between 13-16 years old. The linear speed ability of the group is identified for 13 year olds is 3,576±0,239 sec., for 14 years is 3,422±0,197 sec., for 15 years is 3,316±0,195 sec. and for 16 years is 3,22±0,166 sec. Agility ability of the students is found out for 13 years is 5,701±0,399 sec., for 14 years is 5,487±0,391 sec., for 15 years is 5,399±0,439 sec. and for 16 years is 5,303±0,346 sec. Coaches will have the opportunity to determine objectively the level of their athletes according to their ages because of this study is standardizing speed and agility abilities of student wrestlers as 10% of slices.

International Journal of Wrestling Science, 2014

This study aims to investigate relationships between hand dominance, competition success rankings and isometric elbow and knee strength in 12 years old male novice wrestlers. For this study, body height, body weight, right and left elbow and knees' isometric flexion and extension strength measurements were taken from 379 voluntary subjects during the talent identification scouting for the Wrestling Education Centers of Turkey in 2002. A lateralization inventory was also applied to determine hand preference of novice wrestlers. To investigate the differences among variables, two-way ANOVA and t-tests were performed while correlation coefficients were also calculated between variables. Results of this study showed that finalists were taller, heavier and stronger than others. Significant strength differences were observed between right and left of elbow and knee joints regardless of handedness. Wrestling success ranking were well correlated with all strength variables not handedness. Right knee flexion strength of right handers was significantly higher than left handers while left handers had a smaller strength differences between right and left side in elbow extension and knee flexion. Although left and right handers had a very similar physical size, left handers had a symmetric strength between right and left side except knee extension while right handers had an asymmetry in all strength variables. In the selection of talented wrestlers, it is impossible to find the successful wrestlers of future by overemphasizing strength instead of psychological predisposition to wrestling and trainability in developmental stages. In sports where both of right and left arm strength have equal importance it seems very important to improve training programs for preventing asymmetric strength development in novice wrestlers.