Key result
The Specific Wrestling Fitness Test and Specific Wrestling Performance Test demonstrated high sensitivity in distinguishing wrestlers of different competitive levels, with national team athletes achieving significantly more throws than second league competitors (p < 0.001).
Cross-Sectional (n=61)
The SWFT and SWPT provide very good sensitivity in evaluating the specific fitness of wrestlers across different competition levels.
May aid wrestler assessment across levels; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation before adoption.
The aim of this study was to determine the differences in performance, cardiac, and metabolic variables of combat-specific fitness of wrestlers from varying sports levels. The sample consisted of 61 active and highly trained adult wrestlers of national and international levels from Serbia, from both Greco-Roman and freestyle forms of wrestling, allocated into three groups: national team wrestlers (N = 15), first league competitive wrestlers (N = 20), and second league competitive wrestlers (N = 26). Participants performed two tests: a Specific Wrestling Fitness Test (SWFT) and a Specific Wrestling Performance Test (SWPT). Between-group differences were determined using multiple analysis of variance (MANOVA). Significant differences were obtained between wrestlers of different sports levels in TnThrows (F = 77.491, p < 0.001), SJFIndex (F = 49.710, p < 0.001), and SWPIndex (F = 31.205, p < 0.001) in the SWFT and in TnThrows (F = 71.051, p < 0.001), SJFIndex F = 45.343, p < 0.001), and SWPIndex (F = 26.820, p < 0.001) in the SWPT. Based on the results, it could be concluded that the SWFT and the SWPT provide very good sensitivity in the evaluation of the wrestlers specific fitness of wrestlers.
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Marković et al. (2022) conducted a cross-sectional in Healthy athletes (Wrestlers) (n=61). Sports competitive level (National team vs First league vs Second league) vs. Lower competitive levels was evaluated on Total number of throws (TnThrows) in the Specific Wrestling Fitness Test (SWFT) (F = 77.491, p=<0.001). The Specific Wrestling Fitness Test and Specific Wrestling Performance Test demonstrated high sensitivity in distinguishing wrestlers of different competitive levels, with national team athletes achieving significantly more throws than second league competitors (p < 0.001).
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