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 Volume 10, Issue 12 (December 2023), Pages: 211-219

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 Original Research Paper

Enhancing physical abilities in junior wrestlers through virtual reality training: An experimental study

 Author(s): 

 Ehab Sabry Mohamed 1, 2, *, Ehab Fawzy El-Bedewy 2

 Affiliation(s):

 1Department of General Courses, College of Education and Arts, Northern Border University, Arar, Saudi Arabia
 2Department of Fighting and Individual Sports, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt

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 * Corresponding Author. 

  Corresponding author's ORCID profile: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4615-6353

 Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2023.12.023

 Abstract

This study aimed to investigate how virtual reality training (VRT) affects the physical skills of young wrestlers. It included 19 wrestlers, aged 15-17, who were part of the Egyptian Wrestling Federation and actively training during the 2022/2023 sports season. The participants were split into two groups: one experimental group with 12 athletes (further divided into two smaller groups of 7 and 5) and a control group with seven athletes. Before starting, measures were taken to ensure that the groups were similar and comparable. The experimental group participated in a VRT program for eight weeks, which consisted of 24 training sessions held three times a week. After the program ended, the researchers conducted tests to measure the outcomes, which were then analyzed statistically. The results showed a noticeable improvement in the physical abilities of the wrestlers in the experimental group, suggesting that the VRT program played a significant role. This research highlights the effectiveness of VRT as a tool for enhancing the physical capabilities of young wrestlers.

 © 2023 The Authors. Published by IASE.

 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

 Keywords

 Virtual reality training, Physical capabilities, Junior wrestlers, Experimental group, Statistical analysis

 Article history

 Received 27 July 2023, Received in revised form 6 December 2023, Accepted 11 December 2023

 Acknowledgment 

The authors gratefully acknowledge the approval and the support of this research study by grant no. EAAA-2022-11-1754 from the Deanship of Scientific Research at Northern Border University, Arar, K.S.A.

 Compliance with ethical standards

 Ethical considerations 

The study was conducted following the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the Faculty of Physical Education Ethics Committee at Tanta University in 2023.

 Conflict of interest: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

 Citation:

 Mohamed ES and El-Bedewy EF (2023). Enhancing physical abilities in junior wrestlers through virtual reality training: An experimental study. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 10(12): 211-219

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