2023, Volume 19, Issue 1
Conditioning and coordination motor abilities of taekwondo ITF athletes
Artur Litwiniuk1
1Faculty of Physical Education and Health in Biala Podlaska, Jozef Pilsudski University of Physical Education in Warsaw, Biala Podlaska, Poland
Author for correspondence: Artur Litwiniuk; Faculty of Physical Education and Health in Biala Podlaska, Jozef Pilsudski University of Physical Education in Warsaw, Biala Podlaska, Poland; email: artur.litwiniuk@awf.edu.pl
Abstract
Background & Study Aim: Conditioning and coordination motor abilities (CMA) play a very important role in the process of sports training in learning a complex technique. Particularly in combat sports, including taekwondo, strikes and kicks performed in place, in a jump or in rotation, as well as combinations, allow you to create effective technical and tactical actions. Both of them have a significant impact on the sports results achieved in competitions. The aim of this study is the knowledge about level of conditioning and coordination motor abilities of taekwondo ITF formula athletes.
Material & Methods: The study was conducted on 30 person who have been taekwondo (OITF formula) athletes for at least 5 years. The International Physical Fitness Test was used: 50 m dash, standing broad jump, long run 1000 m, hand grip; pull ups, 4x10 m shuttle run, sit ups and bend trunk. Coordination motor abilities was measured using the Starosta Test. Body composition was measured device Tanita 545N, Statistical analysis was based on a Statistica v. 13.5.
Results: The taekwondo athletes differed in the level of physical fitness as well as somatic and body composition variables such as BMI, body weight, fat content, lean body mass, water content in the body and visceral fat. A relationship was found between the value of coordination motor abilities, the level of somatic features and physical fitness.
Conclusions: The International Physical Fitness Test and Test of Starosta be used mainly for diagnostic purposes, as information for athletes and coaches. Applied sports training, depending on genetic features, can cause significant changes in the training of athletes' bodies. Both somatic, coordination motor abilities and conditional variables can be identifiers indicating different levels of sports preparation in the combat sport of taekwondo.
Key words: physical fitness, complex technique, combat sport, body composition
