Abstract:

The aim of this study was to compare the relative arm strength of athletes with different somatotype structures. The sample of the study consisted of 170 male students with balanced endomorphy (55 people) with an average age of 21,73±1,69 years, balanced mesomorphy (60 people) with an average age of 21,27±3,48 years and balanced ectomorphy (55 people) with an average age of 19,22±1,75 years. Statistical analysis of the data obtained from the athletes was performed in SPSS 29.0 package program. Frequency and descriptive analyses were used for descriptive statistics and Kruskal Wallis-H Test was used for comparison analyses. In conclusion, the best relative arm strength values were determined as balanced mesomorphy, balanced ectomorphy and balanced endomorphy, respectively, in this study in which the relative arm strength of athletes with different somatotype structures were compared. Considering the branch-specific body structure, the physical and physiological capacity and performance levels of the athletes with balanced mesomorphy component were higher than ectomorphy and endomorphy, which means that the muscle mass (hypertrophy) increased by strength training and accordingly increased strength value (pure strength) is not the actual strength value of the athlete, and since the healthiest way to determine the actual strength increase of the athlete is relative measurements, the use of relative arm strength method is especially important for grip strength, It is thought that the team will be very useful in the monitoring and evaluation of physically disabled athletes individually and in the correct evaluation of the development of arm strength with the increase in upper arm, lower arm and hand length of children in the developmental age.