PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE OF YOUNG ATHLETES’ TACTICAL TRAINING IN MODERN OLYMPIC COMBAT SPORTS

Abstract

The present work studied specifics of tactical training as an important side of training process in modern Olympic combat sports. In most scientific papers and official documents, the views on tactical training are contradictory and do not reflect all current trends of the development of Olympic combat sports. The aim of the research was to analyze practical experience of athletes’ tactical training in modern Olympic combat sports at the stage of previous basic development. Material and Methods. We recruited 40 experts in Olympic fencing, boxing, wrestling, judo, taekwondo and karate. They were asked to fill out a form (questionnaire), which included 15 questions on athletes’ tactical training such as directions, means and methods, control of tactical preparedness, components of tactical knowledge. In order to confirm the accuracy of the answers, the concordance coefficient (W) was determined in each group of experts. To compare the answers in different expert groups we also used the average rank. Results. It was found that a lot of issues of tactical training were estimated as the most significant in most combat sports. The same was typical for he least significant issues. The agreement of experts' opinions in different sports within one question was average, strong, weak (p<0.05) or unreliable (p>0.05). In some questions expert’s answers were similar, but in other questions they were different inside groups and between them. Average (0.69W≥0.5, p<0.05) and strong concordance (W≥0.7, p<0.05) was found in such groups of experts: fencing – about visual methods of tactical training; wrestling – about visual and practical methods; boxing – about directions and verbal methods; judo – only about visual methods; taekwondo – in all questions except verbal methods; karate – in all questions. Conclusions. It is recommended to use the common algorithm for improving athletes’ tactical preparedness with the possibility of its modification in particular kinds of Olympic combat sports. This algorithm consists of six steps and is aimed to study the basic elements, techniques, options of tactical actions which are essential for modern Olympic combat sports.