FITNESS TRAINING OF KICKBOXERS DISCIPLINE LOW KICK FOR THE 2022 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS

Kickboxing je sport koji se pojavio i proširio u novije vrijeme, prije svega pedesetak godina, a predstavlja borilačku vještinu koja se sastoji od nekoliko sportskih grana odnosno disciplina. Za kickboxing je prepoznatljiv direktan kontakt, ali i sportsko, moralno te fizičko nadigravanje protivnika. Obzirom da se radi o sportu koji intenzivno opterećuje aerobni, ali i anaerobni sustav potrebno je planiranje i programiranje koje će biti usredotočeno na optimizaciju oba sustava. U ovom radu bit će prikazan tijek priprema sportaša Nikole Crvenkovića za Europsko prvenstvo 2022. godine u disciplini low kick. Cilj rada je prikazati složenost trenažnih procesa, a kroz rad će biti prikazan kompletan tijek priprema: od dijagnostičkih testiranja kojima će se utvrditi najveće prednosti i mane sportaša, pa sve do prikaza pojedinačnih treninga s opisom treninga.Kickboxing is a sport that appeared and expanded in recent times, primarily about fifty years ago, and is a martial art that consists of several sports branches or disciplines. Kickboxing is characterized by direct contact, as well as sporting, moral and physical outmaneuvering of the opponent. Considering that it is a sport that intensively loads the aerobic and anaerobic systems, planning and programming will be focused on the optimization of both systems. In this paper, the course of preparation of athlete Nikola Crvenković for the 2022 European Championship in the discipline of low kick will be presented. The goal of the paper is to show the complexity of the training processes and the complete course of preparations: from diagnostic tests that will determine the greatest strengths and weaknesses of the athlete, to the presentation of individual training sessions with a description of the training sessions, which are divided into two macrocycles