This study has been performed to determine the effect of proprioception training on some of the motor characteristics of wrestlers in the juniors` category. The study has been carried out with 20 volunteer wrestlers born between 2004 & 2006 and chosen with purposeful sampling method. 10 volunteers selected randomly have been grouped together to form a test group and the remaining 10 to form a control group. Each group has been tested based on balance, durability, power, flexibility and quickness and first and last test results have been determined. The test results have been analyzed in the software program SPSS 22. "Mann-Whitney U Test has been used to determine the differences between independent groups whereas "Wilcoxon Analysis" has been utilized in volunteers` repetitive measurement tests with a p=0,05 significance level. As a result, when the results of first and last tests based on balance, durability, power, flexibility and quickness performed on the wrestler group who have been through proprioception training for 8 weeks is compared to the test results of the wrestler group who have not been through proprioception training, it has been observed that there exists statistically significant differences (p<0,05).
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