Professional activities of a coach of martial arts and combat sports
Journal Title: Journal of Combat Sports and Martial Arts - Year 2013, Vol 4, Issue 2
Abstract
[b]Introduction. [/b]Currently the majority of martial arts treat sports competition as a form of controlling the skill level in a hand-to-hand combat (limited by rules and regulations), as a specific method of training and as a way of meeting expectations of young athletes. They exist along with typical combat sports (Brazilian jiu-jitsu, kick-boxing, mixed martial arts) and Olympic combat sports (boxing, judo, taekwondo, fencing, wrestling). Although they are included in the same group because of a direct type of a fight, they differ in fighting methods, rules as well as the structure of a training process. The aim of the study was to get to know the opinions regarding the significance of basic professional activities of a coach. [b]Material and methods. [/b]The opinions of 300 coaches and competitors of martial arts and combat sports were gathered using Tumanian’s questionnaire modified by Sterkowicz. On a scale from 1 to 4 the subjects marked twenty professional activities of a coach. The activities were ordered according to an itemised rating scale. The concurrence of opinions was examined using Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient. [b]Results. [/b]Out of nine types of a hand-to-hand combat under investigation, the coaches of six types chose managing technical preparation as the most important (rank 1) activity. Conducting research for scientific and methodological papers, keeping record and reporting as well as organising and refereeing competitions were marked by the subjects as less important or not important in the training process. The greatest similarities in the opinions regarding the importance of basic professional activities were noted in coaches of mixed martial arts and Brazilian jiu-jitsu (rsp=0.95, p<0.001) as well as in coaches of Olympic taekwondo and wrestling (rsp=0.92, p<0.001). [b]Conclusions.[/b] The opinions of coaches and competitors of martial arts and combat sports turned out to be diverse yet it was not possible to distinguish clearly between martial arts and combat sports. The significance of professional activities ought to be taken into consideration when educating coaches of different types of a hand-to-hand combat.
Authors and Affiliations
Zbigniew Bujak, Dariusz Gierczuk, Stefan Litwiniuk
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