New idea of development movement coordination abilities in water of high level athletes practicing selected combat sports

Abstract

The efficacy of the techniques applied by athletes practicing combat sports depend in large measure on the level of movement coordination abilities. The leading abilities are: the speed of adequate movement reaction, space and time orientation, and the ability to maintain balance. These abilities are, to a large extend, conditioned genetically, but they are also subject to evolution during the training process. The level of their development depends largely on the age at which the training was initiated, as well as on appropriately selected means and training methods. The overview of the literature re ports a high standardization of those means and training methods irrespective of: the age, level of advancement, practice period, hierarchy of the leading abilities of the athletes, and other significant conditions [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10]. A considerably more comprehensive literature, though, involves martial art sports which are included in the program of the Olympic Games. These publications certainly do not cover the contemporary knowledge used in practice, since this one often outpaces the theory and constitutes the secret of the workshop of the coach. An increasing number of general theory publications indicate that the so far initiated reserves are gradually becoming exhausted. These included the applied training means, and particularly those directed at the development of coordination abilities. Our own investigations [6,7,8,9,10] prove that non-specific physical load increases the level of kinesthetic sensations definitely more than a specific load. Similar effects may have been induced by the change in the standard environment. An