Abstract:

This study was conducted to determine the relationships between the basic motor characteristics of 8-10-year-old swimmers and 25m four different style swimming degrees (puppy, back, scratch, free). In the study, 18 girls from the Istanbul Technical University Sports Club (age average 9.00±0.84 years; size average 135.06±7.22cm; weight average 32.80±7.22kg) and 18 men (age average 9.00±0.84 years; size average 136.06±7.22cm; weight average 34.91±7.68kg) participated as a total of 36 swimmers. The first day of the study was measured by the swimmers flamingo balance, seat-long flexibility, 20m speed running, standing long jumping, sit-up (mechanical) test and 10x5m mechanical running. On the second day of the study, swimmers' swimming levels in 25m four different styles were recorded by chronometers. The test average of swimmers is gender-related and the relationship between motor characteristics and swimming degrees is analyzed with the Pearson Correlation in the SPSS 20.0 program. As a result, girls swimmers in all tests, except for long jumping distances, obtained higher results than male swimmers. With the data of the long jumping and sit-up (mechanical) tests of the swimmers stop, the statistically significant negative relationship (p<0,05) between the 25m dolls (r= -,600; -,659), the rear (r= -,550; -,654), the curvature (r= ,-608; -,638) and the free swimming (r= -,561; -,608) has been detected. Furthermore, the flamingo balance (right-left), 20m speed and 10x5m square running values with 25m dolls (r= ,504; 552; ,703; ,710), rectum (r= ,468; ,539; ,599; .688), craving (r= ,384; ,429; ,685; ,777) and free (r= ,428; ,532; ,629; ,625) swimming degrees have been identified in a statistically significant positive direction relationship (p<0,05). There was no meaningful relationship between the seating-long flexibility test and the swimming degrees (p>0,05).