Optimal Weight Loss Methods for Physical Performance in South Carolina Adolescent Wrestlers
School Name
Chapin High School
Grade Level
11th Grade
Presentation Topic
Physiology and Health
Presentation Type
Non-Mentored
Abstract
In its current form, this project’s purpose is to find a correlation between specific weight loss methods in wrestlers, and those wrestlers’ performance and energy levels on the mat. This topic is being investigated in order to help make the practice of weight cutting safer, and prevent injuries in high school wrestlers that are a result of excessive weight loss using dangerous and ineffective methods. In order to gather data for the project, wrestlers were polled after their matches for their before-season weight, their beginning-of-week weight, their weight-in weight, their weight cutting methods used, and their energy levels during their matches. Data was also gathered by watching each wrestler and rating them on a performance scale (GPT). Once sufficient data is gathered, a mixed model will be used in order to find correlation between techniques and physical performance. The results and data from this project are helpful in the real world because that they show optimal weight loss techniques for the health, energy levels, and performance of wrestlers. Then these techniques can be implemented in wrestling rooms, and less effective methods can be omitted, allowing the practice of cutting weight to become safer, and more practical for high school wrestlers.
Recommended Citation
Dean, Garrett, "Optimal Weight Loss Methods for Physical Performance in South Carolina Adolescent Wrestlers" (2017). South Carolina Junior Academy of Science. 207.
https://scholarexchange.furman.edu/scjas/2017/all/207
Location
Wall 321
Start Date
3-25-2017 9:15 AM
Presentation Format
Oral and Written
Group Project
No
Optimal Weight Loss Methods for Physical Performance in South Carolina Adolescent Wrestlers
Wall 321
In its current form, this project’s purpose is to find a correlation between specific weight loss methods in wrestlers, and those wrestlers’ performance and energy levels on the mat. This topic is being investigated in order to help make the practice of weight cutting safer, and prevent injuries in high school wrestlers that are a result of excessive weight loss using dangerous and ineffective methods. In order to gather data for the project, wrestlers were polled after their matches for their before-season weight, their beginning-of-week weight, their weight-in weight, their weight cutting methods used, and their energy levels during their matches. Data was also gathered by watching each wrestler and rating them on a performance scale (GPT). Once sufficient data is gathered, a mixed model will be used in order to find correlation between techniques and physical performance. The results and data from this project are helpful in the real world because that they show optimal weight loss techniques for the health, energy levels, and performance of wrestlers. Then these techniques can be implemented in wrestling rooms, and less effective methods can be omitted, allowing the practice of cutting weight to become safer, and more practical for high school wrestlers.
