Abstract:

TThe aim of this study is to determine the relationship between arm mass and arm relative strength of individual and team athletes who use the upper extremity (arms) more actively. The sample of the study consists of a total of 98 male athletes, 50 men playing in individual teams and 48 male athletes playing in team sports, who accepted to participate in the study on the basis of voluntary participation, playing in individual and team sports, studying at Kırşehir Ahi Evran University Faculty of Sports Sciences. “Relative Arm Strength = Hand Claw Force / Arm Mass” method was used to determine the relative arm strength. Statistical analyzes of the data obtained from the athletes were made in the SPSS 26.0 package program. A very high positive correlation was found between relative strength and relative arm mass in both individual athletes (r:,957) and team athletes (r:,945). According to the relative arm strength method, it was determined that the strength value of the team athletes (6.12±.78 kg) was higher than the individual athletes (5.95±0.85 kg). As a result, the use of the relative arm strength method will be very useful in determining the real strength increase of the athletes, since the increased muscle mass and consequently the increased strength value with the strength training is not the real strength value of the athlete and the most healthy way to determine the real strength increase of the athlete is relative measurements.

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