What Determines the Competitive Success of Young Croatian Wrestlers: Anthropometric Indices, Generic or Specific Fitness Performance?

Identifying factors influencing wrestling performance is important for determining which capacities should be developed the most. This research aimed to investigate whether anthropometric indices, generic fitness, and specific fitness determine competitive success of young wrestlers. included 49 Croatian Greco–Roman male wrestlers aged 17.75 ± 1.51 years. Variables training competing experience, (countermovement jump handgrip strength), test (SWFT). Wrestlers were separated into medallists non-medallists (i.e., who won a medal at previous National Championship did not win medal, respectively). The t-test independent samples was used differences between two categories in all variables. Moreover, discriminant analysis performed identify multivariate manner. Medallists differ indices experience. had better results countermovement (t = 2.55, p < 0.01), strength 2.77, SWFT 2.29, 0.05) than non-medallists. confirmed that differed tests (Wilks’ Lambda 0.73, 0.05). It could suggested coaches develop both their become more successful competitions.