Postgraduate S.S. Bovykin¹
Dr. Biol., Professor E.Z. Godina^{1, 2}
PhD, Associate Professor A.V. Makhalin^2
1Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow
²Russian State University of Physical Education, Sport, Youth and Tourism (SCOLIPE), Moscow

Objective of the present study was to conduct a comparative analysis of morphological characteristics of young wrestlers and non-sporting boys.
Methods and structure of the study. The Experimental Group (wrestlers) was made of 197 boys aged 9-11 years engaged in wrestling. The Control Group was a relatively equal group of 9-11 year-old boys not involved in sports.
The survey included anthropometric measurements of the total body sizes and its circumferences, caliperometry, calculation of index characteristics. The anthropometric measurements were made in accordance with the classical method adopted by the Institute and Museum of Anthropology, Lomonosov Moscow State University (Bunak, 1941; Negasheva, 2017). The ratio between body mass and body length was determined by calculating the body mass index (BMI).
Results of the study and conclusions. The study showed that at the phenotypic level amateur wrestling is realized in terms of specific somatic changes: increased chest circumference, shoulder diameter against the background of temporal retardation of the elongation rate at the age of 11. In part, these changes can be attributed to the peculiar working hypertrophy and, in terms of further studies, can be seen as a prognostic marker of the athletic performance of children involved in wrestling.

Keywords: amateur wrestling, morphological features, 9-11 year-old boys.

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