An Investigation of Motor Development in 10-12 Year Old Children New to Wrestling: A Controlled Intervention Study

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The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of game-based wrestling training applied with an eight-week controlled intervention model on motor development. A total of 42 children (21 experimental, 21 control group) participated in the study. The mean age of the participants was 11.35 ± 0.72 years, mean height was 145.83 ± 5.40 cm, mean body weight was 39.35 ± 8.33 kg and mean body mass index was 18.37 ± 2.91 kg/m². Measurements of 10 m acceleration, 30 m sprint, agility (Illinois agility test), flexibility (sit and reach test), vertical jump and anaerobic power were taken from all participants as pretest and post-test. The data obtained were analyzed with SPSS 26.0 package program. In addition to descriptive statistical methods, Wilcoxon Signed Ranks test was used for intragroup comparisons and Mann-Whitney U test was used for intergroup comparisons according to the distribution of the data. Significance level was accepted as p