The Effects of in-Class Educational Games on Reaction and Agility Skills in Female Wrestling Athletes

Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of educational games including perception, decision making and reaction skills on agility and reaction skills. Methods: A total of 24 young female wrestling athletes who regularly train 5 times a week were included in the study (Training Group= age: 20,08±2,19 year, height: 1,60±5,33 cm, body weight: 59,50±10,38 kg, bmi: 22,94±3,19, Control Group= age: 17,83±2,43 year, height: 1,62±,07 cm, body weight: 59,61±11,61 kg, bmi: 22,43±3,50). The training group was asked to play 8-week educational games involving perception, decision-making and reaction skills for 30 minutes in the classroom environment without much effort before routine wrestling training. Visual hand reaction (dominant, non-dominant and mixed hand), Y-Reactive and Speedcourt® agility tests were performed before and after the training sessions. Results: Paired sample t test was used for intra-group comparison analyses and independent sample t test analyses were used for comparison statistics of data between 2 groups. The Y-Reactive agility of the training group was statistically significant (p