Motor performance indicators of the Dollyo-chagi Taekwondo kick

Abstract

Taekwondo is a combat sport where the perfect execution of the athletes’ kicking skills is essential for a good sports motor performance in recreational to elite sports. The aim of this study was to examine the athletes motor control: behavior, learn and development when they performed one Taekwondo kick technique, namely – Dollyo-chagi. The sample was composed of 14 senior men Taekwondo practitioners, five observers for observers’ panel data, 44 event configurations, and 55 alphanumeric codes as observational conducts. The results were analyzed with Cohen’s Kappa agreement index, intra-observer referring to observer 1 and inter-observer related to the other observers. The Theme 5.0 software programme (T-Patterns) was used to detect the temporal patterns, and a previously published observational tool (OSTPI-C) was also employed. The results show a high value of intra-observer reliability of 0.994, and inter-observer accuracy of 0.961 by conduct criterion. The contact moment was the observational instant in which greater stability was verified in the foot contact zone. The T-Patterns analysis did not reveal any gestural stability significantly different from other event configurations. The results of this study showed that the athletes’ performance meets the measurement requirement of motor behavior and motor development.