Explosive Strength Development in the Pre-Competition Period in Judokas : Undergraduate Thesis

Judo je olimpijski sport i borilačka vještina nastao u Japanu krajem devetnaestog stoljeća, a u Hrvatskoj se pojavio 1951. godine kada je i osnovan Akademski judo klub Zagreb. Danas se smatra jednim od najpopularnijih borilačkih sportova i broji veliki broj natjecatelja u cijelom svijetu. Za uspjeh u judu potrebno je mnogo truda i odricanja od samog početka, mnogo natjecanja i borbe. Da bi u tome uspjeli, potrebno je pomno planiranje trenažnog procesa. Planiranje i programiranje treninga najvažniji je dio aktivnosti trenera i njegovog stručnog tima zaduženog za pripremu sportaša. Planiranje treninga je metoda kojom se omogućuje sportašima da dosegnu visoku razinu treninga i sportske izvedbe. Pravilno planiranje i programiranje treninga svodi slučajnost treninga i rezultata na minimum, a osigurava kvalitetan rad i postupno podizanje forme. Sve to dovodi do smanjenog broja ozljeda, napretka i veće motivacije za uspjehom. Judo je kompleksan borilački sport koji spada u grupu poli strukturalnih acikličkih sportova. Obiluje različitim nestandardnim oblicima gibanja, koji su različiti u svojoj brzini, smjeru i jakosti. Dodatnu složenost planiranju i programiranju judo treninga daje to, što u judu postoji sedam različitih težinskih kategorija, u kojima se natječu borci različitih morfoloških karakteristika, te motoričkih i funkcionalnih sposobnosti. Jedna od najvažnijih motoričkih sposobnosti u judu je eksplozivna snaga. Ona se očituje u brzini izvođenja tehnike te bacanju i izbacivanju protivnika iz ravnoteže. Naročito u nižim kategorijama, često se susrećemo s eksplozivnim borcima čije borbe završavaju atraktivnim bacanjima.Judo is an Olympic sport and martial art, originated in Japan at the end of 19th century, but in Croatia it appeared in 1951, when Academic judo club Zagreb was founded. Today, it is considered one of the most popular martial arts and it counts large number of competitors in the whole world. For success in judo, it is necessary to put in a lot of work since the beginning, a lot of competitions and battles. To succeed, it is necessary to carefully plan training process. Planning and programming of the training is the most important part of a trainer's activity and his expert team, who are in charge for preparing the athlete. Planning of the training is a method which enables athletes to reach high training level and sport's performance. Right planning and programming of the training is bringing down accidental training and results to minimum, and reassures quality work and progressively lifting of the physical form. All of that brings to reduced number of the injuries, better progress and motivation for success. Judo is complex martial art which is a part of the extracurricular acyclic sports group. It has a lot of different, non standard ways of moving, which are all different in it's speed, direction and strength. Additional complication to planning and programming of the judo training gives that in judo there are seven different weight categories, in which athletes who compete have different morphological characteristics and different motor and functional abilities. One of the most important motor ability in judo is explosive strength. It is manifested in the speed of performance and throwing the opponent from the balance. Particularly in lower categories, we often see explosive athletes whose battles end up with attractive throwing of the opponent