Abstract

The purpose of this study; To examine the effects of 8-week core exercises on maximal strength (leg, back and paw strength), vertical jump and flexibility, applied to freestyle contestant athletes between 15-17 years of age at Sivas Ahmet Ayık Thematic Sports High School. A total of 20 freestyle wrestlers, 10 training and 10 control groups, with an age of 15.80 ± 0.616 and sports age of 4.05 ± 1.538, participated in the study. The measurements of the athletes' height, body weight, core strength and stability, vertical jump, reach and back, leg and claw strength as pre-test and post-test were taken. Wilcoxon test and descriptive analysis test were used to determine the change in training and control groups before and after exercise. A significant difference was found in the variables of back strength, height and BMI of the training group before and after training. There was no significant difference in weight, reach, leg, right and left hand claw and core strength before and after the core strength training. As a result, it can be said that 8-week core strength training has positive effects on back strength of freestyle male wrestlers.

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