CLASSIFICATION OF STRENGTH-SPEED INDICATORS IN ADOLESCENT AND ADULT WRESTLERS: A COMPARATIVE CROSS-SECTIONAL ANALYSIS
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strength-speed; freestyle wrestling; adolescent athletes; adult wrestlers; normative classification; countermovement jump; anaerobic power; talent identification;Abstract
Strength and speed are foundational physical qualities in wrestling performance, yet normative classification frameworks distinguishing developmental trajectories across age groups remain insufficiently established, particularly for wrestlers from Central Asian training systems. This study aimed to classify and compare strength-speed indicators between adolescent (15–17 years) and adult (18–26 years) freestyle wrestlers, and to propose age-stratified normative benchmarks for practical use in talent identification and training programme design.
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