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PERIODIZATION IN JUDO: WINNING THE EUROPEAN AND WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MEDALS IN THE SAME SEASON

Introduction: "The condition of sports form is characterized by extreme specific operating ability and willingness of athletes to achieve the highest sports results. Optimal sports form and high competitive result in a rule must match (Milanovic 2010)“. In accordance with the statement that "the number of competitions and financial motivation of top athletes significantly increased (Sikorski 2011)“, an extremely important role in the achievement of planned targets for the season has a properly designed plan and training program with a predetermined schedule of sports form (single-cycle or more-cycle periodization). The aim of this study is to determine the number of judoka who won the European Championship (EC) and World Championship (WC) medal in the same season (2001 to 2014) and difference by gender for that parameter. The specific objective is to determine the rank of success of certain categories for Europeans at the Olympic Games (OG), as well as the difference in the number of the male and female from Europe who have won a medal at the Olympics per capita of European participants. Methods: The study was conducted on a sample of 28 biggest judo competitions at the senior level: 15 EC (2001 to 2014), 9 WC (2001 to 2014) and 4 Olympic Games (2000 to 2012). The first set of variables represent the number of judoka who won the European and World Championship medal in the same season. The second set of variables represents the number of medals at the Olympics won by Europeans per capita of participants for the period 2000 to 2012, divided by categories (number of medals won in relation to the total number of European competitors). Based on the variables package Statistica 7.0 calculated basic descriptive parameters (mean and standard deviation). Results and Discussion: Total average (2001 to 2014) says that 13.4 people (SD =3) won the EC and WC medal in the same season at senior level. The female average is AM=7.4 SD= 1.9 ; the male AM=6.0 SD = 1.8 which can be explained by the fact of larger massiveness of the male in judo which leads the fact that there are more teams which have more than one competitor capable to winning the biggest medal by category which is infrequently case in the female. In 2014 was recorded the best results in this parameter when 10 female and 10 male won a medal at the EC nad WC, which is almost twice as many as than in 2001. Looking at the rank of success of certain categories of European competitors at the OG, the male are determined by a clear trend where they won most of medals in the heaviest categories (90, 100, + 100) against the smallest number of medals in the lightest -60 kg (more than half as much as the +100 which is the most successful category for Europeans). The female's most successful category is -63 kg, more than three times more successful than the least successful -52. Rank of the most successful to at least the following: the male (+100 AM= 0.176 ; -90 AM= 0.172 ; -100 AM= 0.170 ; -66 AM=0.165 ; -81 AM=0.145 ; -73 AM=0.129 ; 60 AM=0.072), the female (-63 AM=0.200 ; -70 AM=0.198 ; -78 AM=0.196 ; -48 AM=0.174 ; -57 AM=0.154 ; +78 AM=0.091 ; -52 AM=0.064). In both sexes the notes to the top three ranked categories including small differences stand out on the performance against the others. Also, is determined by the difference in performance by gender where the European female (AM=0.154) are slightly more successful than the male (AM =0.147) in the number of medals won per capita of European competitors at the OG for the period from 2000 to 2012, although the difference is not so big. Conclusion: In recent years is concluded that exists the higher number of judoka who won the EC and WC medal in the same season than was the case earlier. There is a higher number of cases in the female. Periodization with more cycles is becoming more frequent, due to the increasing number of official competitions in the same season. European judoka achieve better results at the OG in heavier categories compared to lighter. The European female are slightly more successful than the male in the number of medals won per capita of the European competitors at the Olympic Games for the period 2000 to 2012. In subsequent research, it is appropriate to explore potential reasons (anthropological, financial etc.), which stay behind the data obtained in this study. References 1. Milanović, D. (2010). Teorija i metodika treninga. Zagreb: Kineziološki fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu. 2. Sikorski, W. (2011). New approach to preparation of elite judo athletes to main competition. Journal of Combat Sports and Martial Arts 2011 ; 1(2) ; Vol. 2, 57-60 3. Electronic source. Database Judoinside.com /downloaded 10th of July 2014/

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