How Do Swimming Students` Anthropometric Characteristics Affect Short-Course Swimming Performance

Authors : Ece ERVÜZ, Ali ÖZKAN, İzzet KIRKAYA, Hakan YARAR

Pages : 50-59

Doi:10.47778/ejsse.1324528

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Publication Date : 2023-09-30

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :It has been found that anthropometric swimming performance factors may be related to and affect swimming performance. In light of this, the study\`s objective was to examine the association between certain motoric and anthropometric traits and 25-meter freestyle swimming performance results. A total of 16 male swimming students from Yozgat Bozok University\`s Faculty of Sport Sciences insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(age: 21.75±1.23 years; weight: 78.29±13.04 kg; height: 177±5.44 cm; body fat percentage: 17±7.5 %); took part in the study as volunteers. Height, body mass, skinfold thickness, circumference measurements insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(biceps in flexion, calf);, diameter measurements insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(humerus epicondyle, femur epicondyle);, static flexibility measurements insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(shoulder flexion, trunk-neck extension, ankle extension);, and strength measurements insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(leg strength, back strength); were carried out to assess the anthropometric measurements of swimming students. In a semi-Olympic swimming pool, short-course freestyle scores of swimming students were recorded. The data appeared to have a normal distribution after the skewness and kurtosis tests, so the Pearson Correlation test was used to look at the correlation between 25-meter freestyle swimming levels and other characteristics. It was discovered that there was no statistically significant correlation between static flexibility and strength tests and 25-meter freestyle swimming performance results, but there was a negative and statistically significant correlation between swimming performance results of swimming students and mesomorph variables insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(r=-0.529, p=0.035);. It is believed that identifying swimmers\` somatotype structures may be crucial for talent selection and serve as an indicator of swimming ability.
Keywords : Swimming, Somatotype, Strength, Flexibility, Swimming Degree