Coordination motor abilities of judo contestants at different age
Journal Title: Journal of Combat Sports and Martial Arts - Year 2012, Vol 3, Issue 1
Abstract
[b]Introduction.[/b] Judo is generally considered as a sport which combines strength and endurance. In this sport, with predominance of open movement habits, an important role is played by coordination abilities. The main aim of the present study is to carry out a comparative analysis of the indices of coordination motor abilities (CMA) among judo contestants at different age. [b]Material and methods. [/b]The study group was comprised of 25 judo contestants during the competitive season (7 seniors, 10 juniors and 8 cadets). A series of computer tests were carried out in order to evaluate kinaesthetic differentiation of movements, simple reaction time, complex reaction time, spatial orientation, visual-motor coordination, rhythmization, speed, accuracy and precision of movements, ability to adapt movements, eye-hand coordination. The study also tested global movement coordination (Starosta’s test) and balance (Flamingo test). Significance of differences was assessed by means of one-way ANOVA (p<0.05). In intergroup comparisons, the levels obtained in seniors were adopted as reference values.[b]Results. [/b]The factor of experience (age category and sport experience) has an overwhelming effect on the sense of balance, which is the highest in seniors, medium in juniors and the lowest in cadets. The category of juniors exhibits the most of beneficial differences in terms of global motor coordination compared to cadets, minimal complex reaction time compared to seniors, spatial orientation and indexes of reaction to moving objects. Seniors are characterized by longer minimal complex reaction time compared to juniors and stagnant results in the test of global motor coordination, spatial orientation and reaction to moving objects. Conclusions. The tests which differentiate between age categories should be taken into consideration in monitoring of the preparation of judo contestants.
Authors and Affiliations
Stanisław Sterkowicz, Grzegorz Lech, Janusz Jaworski, Tadeusz Ambroży
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