Hrvoje Sertić

Structure of importance of techniques of throws in different age groups in men judo

The primary goal of every analysis of sport activity is detailed assessment of importance of all characteristics, abilities and motor knowledge which are important for success in one sport. This type of analyses must be a help to the coaches and competitors in perfection and optimization of a training process and match/bout efficiency. A technical and tactical analysis is one of the basic analyses in sport science and it’s complexity depends of a type of sport activity. Although some coaches put your faith in their own sport experience during the assessment of sport activity probability of a mistake in that case can be very big. Empirically proved assessment is the key step in determination of technical and tactical structure of each sport. As the complexity of a sport rises rise the importance of empirically proved assessment. Judo, as the polystructural acyclic sport, belongs to a group of sports of big technical and tactical complexity. Judo consists of an eight groups of techniques [1,2] in which are over two hundred independent technical elements. This paper analyses the group of the most important technical elements in judo bout – group of throws [3,4]. The aim of this paper is to do assessment of the importance of techniques of throws in men junior and senior age categories. The obtained data could be used for the definition of a technical and tactical preparation of male judokas.

ANALYSIS OF JUDO MATCH FOR SENIORS

Background (Introduction): To bring training process closer to the competition conditions it is necessary to conduct judo fight analyzes at all competition levels. That is why the main objective of this work is to analyze the structure of judo fight on the Grand Prix level in the context of the new rules. Material and methods: The paper analyses technical solutions in 125 fights of men’s part of competition, and 68 fights of women’s competition. All analyzed fights were part of elimination rounds of Grand Prix Tournament Rijeka (2013). Results: Statistically significant number of fights ends in stand up position before the end of regular time in both, men and women, categories. Nage waza remain the most important techniques in judo fight and the most used techniques in ground position are hold down techniques. Nevertheless, one can find a great deal of specificities through each weight category. Conclusions: According to the results of performed analysis one can conclude that judo fight requires a high level of technical efficiency and the physical ability. The differences in the analyzed variables, which occur between weight categories in the mens and womens competition, require an individualized approach in training process.