Özet:

The aim of this study was to investigate the anthropometric characteristics, some performance test results and relationships of these characteristics and results with water performance of Turkish Male National Flatwater Kayak team athletes. Besides the measurements of age, training age, height, sitting height, body weight, length, girth, breadth measurements, 1500 m. running test, Cooper running test, 1 RM bench press, 1 RM bench row, 1 min. maximum repetition bench press test, 1 min. maximum repetition bench row test, 200 m, 500 m., 1000 m. flatwater kayak test measurements are taken from 11 Turkish National Kayak team senior male athletes whose mean ages are 21.5 ± 2.16. In SPSS package program, descriptive statistics was used for the purpose of investigation to the anthropometric characteristics of athletes and Pearson product correlation coefficients was used to determine the relationships between flatwater kayak performance and all test results. The significant negative correlations were found between 500 m. and 1000 m. performance times and body weight (respectively; r=0.78, p<0.05 and r=0.71, p<0.05). The significant negative correlations were found between 1 RM bench row and 200 m. and 500 m. performance times (respectively; r=0.68, p<0.05 and r=0.80, p<0.01). Significant negative correlations were found between 1 min. maximum repetition bench press test result and 200 m., 500 m. and 1000 m. performance times (respectively; r=0.80, p<0.01, r=0.89, p<0.01, r=0.72, p<0.05). 200 m. and 500 m. performance times were found to be significantly correlated with 1 min. maximum repetition bench row test result (respectively, r=-0.71, p<0.05, and r=-0.85, p<0.05). For the girth measurements, significant relationships with 200 m. time were found for the biceps and flexed biceps (respectively, r=-0.70 , p<0.05, and r=-0.80, p<0.01). Significant relationships with 500 m. time were found for the biceps, flexed biceps and thigh (respectively; r=-0.76, p<0.01, r=-0.86, p<0.01, r=-0.81, p<0.01). Significant relationship with 1000 m. time was found for thigh (r=-0.77, p<0.01). Physical characteristics of Turkish national flatwater kayak team athletes were found similar when compared to international class flatwater kayakers from different countries except upper body dimensions. Because of the strong relationships between upper body dimensions, bench press, bench row test results and flatwater kayak performance; the training of Turkish flatwater kayakers should be more focusing on trainings which improve upper body musculature.

Anahtar Kelimeler: