Abstract
Sports ballroom dancing is a type of sports activity that makes serious demands on the development of new motor actions, the manifestation of reaction speed, the ability to concentrate and switch attention, and many more parameters. Success in sports dance competitions depends not only on natural skills but also to a greater extent on a sportsman's practical training. The analysis of the biomechanics of sports dance and the characteristics of the sportsman's dynamic data suggest assessing the feasibility, efficiency, improvement of the technique of the performed motor action, which determines the goals of the development of the motor abilities of young sportsmen at an early stage. Based on knowledge of biomechanics, it is easier for a teacher to teach his pupils. But for this, it is necessary to be able to analyze motor activity and indicate the direction of active search, form a motor task and, based on the foundations of biomechanics, the necessary fundamentals of technology. Information about the biomechanical structure of the movement is used both in the formation of the technique of motor actions of beginner dancers and in its improvement in qualified dancers. This is what determines the relevance of the study; therefore, the purpose of the article is to identify the features of movements in sports dances using their biomechanical analysis. The authors carried out a theoretical and methodological analysis of special literature on biomechanical analysis of sports dance, which allowed them to analyze the movements of two dances. The analysis made it possible to reveal the peculiarities of the performance of these dances, which means that making adjustments to special preparatory exercises with a similar amplitude of the knee joints will lead to better training of sportsmen. Also, this analysis effectively improves the skill level of performing dance steps by experienced dancers because it clearly shows all the features of the movement at a particular moment.
Highlights
Sport dancing originated in England at the end of the 18th century
We analyzed the basic elements of three dances, which specialists in a standard dance program identify
The main basic elements are the position of the dancer and the couple's body, step, lowering the body, lifting the body, tilting the body, turning the dancer's body
Summary
Sport dancing originated in England at the end of the 18th century. Dancing was a privilege of high society, an integral part of high-society balls [1; 2]. At the end of the 19th century, they became popular among other sectors of culture as well. In the 1920s, ballroom dancing competitions have begun. In 1924, in England, under the Imperial Society for Teachers' Performance, a Special Ballroom Dance Device was created, responsible for developing music, steps and dance technique. Sport dances spread throughout Europe reached Asia and America [3; 4; 5]
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