Study Regarding the Incidence of Physical Deficiencies in Fighting Sports Athletes

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (8) ◽  
pp. 95-102
Author(s):  
Tatiana Dobrescu
Keyword(s):  
Graphical Representation ◽  
Assessment Method ◽  
Head Position ◽  
The Body ◽  
Homogeneous Distribution ◽  
Cervical Lordosis ◽  
Male Athletes ◽  
School Sports ◽  
Sports Club ◽  
Observation Method

The purpose of this research is to identify physical deficiencies in fighting sports athletes. It was conducted at the Children’s Palace (judo), the School Sports Club (wrestling) and the ‘Am Duong’ Sports Club (martial arts) of Bacau, Romania, and it studied three groups of subjects, each comprising seven male athletes, aged 13–16. The research methods used in this research were the documentation method, the observation method, the inquiry, the assessment, the experimental method, the analysis of the results and the graphical representation. The assessment method used was somatoscopy and the objective methods were the instrumental somatoscopic of the body alignment and somatometry. The results show a homogeneous distribution of the results for the three groups, with more than 42% of the athletes having a lumbar and cervical lordosis. In the other two groups, the distribution is homogeneous, 57.1% recording a correct posture, and 42.9% a frontally inclined head position. Keywords: Incidence, physical deficiencies, fighting sports, athletes

scholarly journals Comparison of Physical and Motoric Features of Children Continuous the Sport School

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (13) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Özgür Nalbant
Keyword(s):  
T Test ◽  
The Body ◽  
Basketball Players ◽  
Male Athletes ◽  
Hand Grip ◽  
Sports Club ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Volleyball Players ◽  
Statistical Program ◽  
Body Lifting

Objective: The comparison of the physical and motoric features of the children continuous sport school within team sports.Method: A total of 60 male athletes from 9 to 10 years participated as volunteers in the Galatasaray Sports Club for three months in basketball and volleyball. 27 of these athletes were basketball players and 33 were volleyball players. The age, height, weight and BMI of the basketball players were 9,19 ± 1,9 years; 140,37 ± 12,1 cm 38,06 ± 1,4 kg; 18.71 ± 3.7 kg / m² and the volleyball players were 10.54 ± 1.6 years,; 145.57 ± 10.5 cm; 41,34 ± 1,4 kg; 19,22 ± 3,3 kg / m² respectively. The body mass index (BMI), which measures the height and body weight of the participants, was calculated. For the evaluation of the motoric properties, sit and reach, trunk lifting, hand grip, ball throwing, push-up, shuttle, 10 mt speed, T test for agility, was tested. The SPSS 20.0 statistical program was used in the evaluation of the data. Independent Samples T Test was performed to compare the obtained data.Findings: Significant difference was found sit and reach, body lifting and ball throwing in volleyball and was found 10 m speed in basketball (p <0,05).Conclusion: Although some motoric features give different results in children going on to basketball and volleyball sports school, it has been found that they show similar features in most cases.

The role of the female body in contesting and negotiating space in sports for women in rural and urban Zimbabwe

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 93-113
Author(s):  
Obert Bernard Mlambo ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Female Body ◽  
The Body ◽  
Gender Ideologies ◽  
Victorian Culture ◽  
Girl Child ◽  
School Sports ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
Gender Ideals ◽  
A Site ◽  
Embodied Practice

This article examined attitudes, knowledge, behavior and practices of men and society on Gender bias in sports. The paper examined how the African female body was made into an object of contest between African patriarchy and the colonial system and also shows how the battle for the female body eventually extended into the sporting field. It also explored the postcolonial period and the effects on Zimbabwean society of the colonial ideals of the Victorian culture of morality. The study focused on school sports and the participation of the girl child in sports such as netball, volleyball and football. Reference was made to other sports but emphasis was given to where women were affected. It is in this case where reference to the senior women soccer team was made to provide a case study for purposes of illustration. Selected rural community and urban schools were served as case references for ethnographic accounts which provided the qualitative data used in the analysis. In terms of methodology and theoretical framework, the paper adopted the political economy of the female body as an analytical viewing point in order to examine the body of the girl child and of women in action on the sporting field in Zimbabwe. In this context, the female body is viewed as deeply contested and as a medium that functions as a site for the redirection, profusion and transvaluation of gender ideals. Using the concept of embodiment, involving demeanor, body shape and perceptions of the female body in its social context, the paper attempted to establish a connection between gender ideologies and embodied practice. The results of the study showed the prevalence of condescending attitudes towards girls and women participation in sports.

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