The relation between the succes level and the subjective sleeping quality of the Turkish National team that participated in the wrestling World cup¹

Abstract

It is thought that lack of concentration and reduction of the cognitive function parallel to insomnia during the night time affect the performance of the sportsman directly. The aim of this study is to examine the relation between sleeping quality within the competition environment and the success level of the most elite sportsmen of wrestling. Study group composed of Men's Turkish National team of Freestyle wrestling that participated in the Freestyle wrestling World cup held in Teheran city of Iran in 2013 (X age=25,86 ± 3,436). To obtain the results of the study Pittsburgh Sleeping Quallity Scale was used. Kolmogrov-Smirnov test, Man whitney u, Pearson corelation analysis was used to analyze and interpret the data and meaningfulness of P<0,05 was achieved. SPSS (Statistical package for Social Sciences) 18.0 was used to evaluate and to find the calculated numbers. As a result of the study, between the degree that the wrestlers achieved and the Pittsburgh sleeping quality index scores (r=768*) strong positive relation was acquired. The meaningfulness of that relation modulus (P=,044 < 0,05) was acquired as meaningful. As a result of the data acquired through that study, it is thought that as the sleeping quality increases the success level of the wrestlers increases as well parallel to that fact.