THE DIFFERENCES IN THE MOTOR AREA OF CADET AND JUNIOR AGE JUDOKAS

The aim of this research was to establish differences between young judokas of the cadet and junior age. The sample was made up of 50 judokas, members of the cadet and junior national team, 16 to 19 years old. The participants were divided into two groups. One group was made up of cadet judokas (n=25), while the other was made up of the members of the junior team (n=25). In this research we used three tests for every measured motor ability. To estimate the judoka’s coordination, the following tests were used: coordination with a stick (STICK), side roll (SIDEROLL), and the obstacle course backwards (OBSTBACKWARDS). To estimate speed we used tests of hand tapping (HANDTAP), right foot tapping (RFOOTTAP) and left foot tapping (LFOOTTAP), to estimate explosive strength, the long jump without running (STANLJUMP), triple jump (TRIPJUMP) and Abalac’s test (ABALT). Repetitive strength were estimated by push ups (PUSHUPS), lifting a body from a lying position (MRSPLT) and reverse chin – ups (REVCUPS). To estimate flexibility we used the tests hyperextensions on a bench BENTOVER, the straddle bend (STRADDBENT) and shoulder flexibility test (SHOFLEXTEST), and to estimate balance we used the tests of standing on a bench with eyes open BALEYESOP, standing longitudinally on the bench with eyes closed BALLONGEYESCL and standing transversely on the bench with eyes closed BALTRANSEYESCL. To analyze the obtained results the SPSS 17,0 program was used. To estimate the differences in motor abilities between cadet and junior judokas, we used the Student’s T- test for independent samples.  The obtained results showed that there are statistically significant differences for explosive strength and balanced flexibility in favour of the junior judokas, and for the other variables there were no statistically significant differences.