COMPARISON OF THE 100 M SPEED PARAMETER OF ATHLETES IN INDIVIDUAL AND TEAM SPORTS

Abstract

The aim of this study is to examine the 100 m speed parameter of athletes in individual and team branches by different variables. A total of 417 volunteer participants, who are enrolled in the School of Sports, consisting of 72 female and 74 male athletes engaged in individual sports (athletics, swimming, taekwondo, badminton, tennis, boxing, wrestling, orienteering, judo, wrestling, gymnastics karate, weightlifting, skiing, paragliding), and 120 female and 151 male athletes engaged in team sports (football, futsal, handball, volleyball, basketball) participated in the study. The age, athletic age, height, body weight and 100m sprint parameters of the volunteers participated in the study were measured. In the study, first, the skewness and kurtosis values for the normality test were examined and the distribution was found normal. Accordingly, the data obtained from male and female participants were evaluated within themselves, and an independent t-test was used to determine whether the 100 m parameter differs according to the branch variable (individual team). Additionally, a Pearson Product Moment Correlation analysis was used to determine the relationship between athletic age, height and body weight variables and the 100 m parameter of the individuals participated in the study. The findings of the study showed that there was no statistically significant difference between male and female athletes in the individual and team branches in terms of 100m sprint score means (p>0.05). According to the results of the Pearson correlation analysis, it was found that there was no relationship between the height of a female individual and team athletes and the variable of 100 m (r = -,078, p>0.05, r =, 065, p>0.05, respectively). It was determined that there is a very weak positive correlation between body weight and 100 m speed performance in female athletes in individual sports (r =, 243 *, p<0.05), but not in female athletes in team sports (r =, 170, p>0.05). It was found that there was no relationship between the height of the male athletes in individual and team sports and 100 m (respectively r = -, 036, p>0.05, r = -, 012, p>0.05). It was found that there was no relationship between body weight and 100 m speed variable in male athletes in individual sports (r =, 124, p>0.05), whereas there was a weak positive correlation in male athletes in team sports (r =, 260 **, p<,001).