SUMMARY
This study was carried out to investigate the relationship between some body measurements and the stroke-rate (SR) and the stroke-length (SL) which are important effects on swimming performance and to investigate the effect of these body characteristics on performance. The stroke-rate and the stroke-length correlate significantly with performance in short-term tests and long-term tests. It is also a practical performance analysis component for competitions or training. 18 female (mean age 11,25 std, 0.46) and 22 male (mean age 11,42 std. 0.51) subjects were included in the study. Twenty-three different anthropometric variables were used to assess the correlation of the stroke-rate, the stroke-length and swimming speeds using statistical techniques.The relationship between upper arm length and SR (0.022, p<0.05), time and SL (0.01, p<0.01), arm length and SL (0.049, p<0.05), forearm length and SL (0.031, p<0.05) were found for male subjects entering 100 m freestyle competition. There was no significant relationship between SL and SR with the anthropometric characteristics of female subjects entering 100 m freestyle competition.In addition, the times of the female participants entering the 100 m freestyle competition were found to be correlated with mesomorphic (0.01, p<0.01) and ectomorphic (0.01, p<0.01) values. There was a relationship between the times of the male subjects entering the freestyle competition and the length of the sitting height (0.038, p<0.05).Extended English abstract is in the end of Full Text PDF (TURKISH) file. ÖzetBu çalisma, bazi vücut ölçüleri ile yüzme performansina önemli etkisi olan kulaç orani (KO) ve kulaç uzunlugu (KU) parametreleri arasindaki iliskiyi incelemek, bu vücut özelliklerinin performansa etkisini arastirmak için yapilmistir. Kisa ve uzun süreli testlerde kulaç orani ve kulaç uzunlugu ile performans arasinda istatistiki olarak anlamli bir iliski vardir. Ayrica müsabaka veya antrenmanlar için pratik performans analizi bilesenleridir. Çalismada 18 kiz (yas ortalamasi 11,25 std. sap. 0,46) ve 22 erkek (yas ortalamasi 11,42 std. sap. 0,51) denek olarak alinmistir. 23 farkli antropometrik degisken ile kulaç orani, kulaç uzunlugu ve yüzme hizlari korelasyon istatistik teknigi kullanilarak degerlendirilmistir.100 m Serbest yarisina katilan erkek deneklerin üst kol uzunlugu ve KO arasinda -0,652 degerinde (p<0,05), derece ve KU arasinda -0,708 degerinde (p<0,01), kol uzunlugu ve KU arasinda 0,579 degerinde (p<0,05), ön kol uzunlugu ve KU arasinda 0,623 degerinde (p<0,05) iliski bulunmustur. 100 m Serbest yarisina giren kiz deneklerin antropometrik özellikleri ile KU ve KO arasinda anlamli bir iliski bulunamamistir. Ayrica 100 m Serbest yarisina giren kiz deneklerin dereceleri ile mezomorfi (0,01, p<0,01), ektomorfi (0,01, p<0,01) degerleri arasinda iliski bulunmustur. 100 m Serbest yarisina giren erkek deneklerin dereceleri ile oturma boyu uzunlugu (0,038, p<0,05) degerleri arasinda iliski bulunmustur.