Examination of Reaction Times of Athletes of Kyrgyz National Team during Preparation Period for 2016 Summer Olympic Games

Abstract

This research has been carried out in order to determine the reaction levels of Kyrgyzstan national team athletes during the preparation period before 2016 summer Olympic Games. 9 Greco-Roman style wrestlers (24±4.5), 10 freestyle wrestlers (22,10±3,21), 8 judoists (23,6±1.89), 8 male athletes (22,29±2.87) and 3 female athletes (21.67±2.08), totally 35 male and 3 female national athletes have been included to the study. The reaction times of the athletes against sound and light have been determined by the Newtest 1000 brand multi-choice reaction time scale. Statistical evaluation of the study has been carried out by SPSS 21.0 computer package program and One Way ANOVA test has been used to determine the difference between the groups. The differences on P 0,05). Greco-Roman style wrestlers’ reaction times have been found significantly higher than male and female athletes (p 0,05). No statistically significant difference was found among the left hand reaction times of the branches (p>0,05). When the obtained results are examined, it has been observed that the right hand reaction times of the athletics are better than the wrestling and judo which are the branches of the fight sports.