Abstract - Opposition Game Approach Can Improve Technical Skills and Reduce Stress Levels among Wrestling Students
Problem and aim. This study examined the correlations between stress levels and the wrestling opposition-game approach among young Tunisian students.
Material and methods. Forty young boys were divided into two equal groups (20 in the experimental group “EG” and 20 of the control group “CG”) aged 10 to 12 years who voluntarily participated. Participants were required to conduct various anthropometric surveys (age, weight and height). In addition, they followed an intervention programme of six sessions over two weeks (2 days per week) based on an opposition game approach and wrestling technical training based on leg attack learning. At the end of each training session, the participants played the control bouts for 4 min. A one-way analysis of covariance was performed to compare the two groups. The correlation between variables was calculated using Pearson’s correlation coefficient.
Results. For both groups, there were no statistically significant differences in the anthropometric variables. The main significant correlations observed were between: stress levels and technical learning skills. Data were collected at one time point and analyzed using SPSS 16. There was a strong correlation between stress levels and technical performance among the opposition game training group (p<0.05).
Conclusions. The results suggest that the use of the opposition game method can significantly increase technical wrestling performance related to leg attacks and reduce stress levels