Antropomotoryka nr 57 [2012]. - Akademia Wychowania Fizycznego ...

The impact of rapid weight loss on the competitive preparation of judoistsniors who reduced their body weights won 9 competitions(an average of 1.8 per person), and those whodid not reduce their body weights won 20 competitions(average of 2.5). The opposite relationship was noted inthe group of the seniors where judoists reducing theirbody weights won 23 competitions (average of 2.3) andthose non-reducing only 8 (average of 1.6) (Fig. 5).Figure 3. Average results of medicine ball throw of juniors andseniors, reducing and non-reducing body weight (* significanceat p < 0.05)(anxiety as a state of mind) in first and second measurementsamong the contenders non-reducing bodyweight. Among those who did reduce body weight,an increase of STAI values was noted (the differenceamounted to p = 0.38 among juniors and p = 0.002among seniors Fig. 4). It is interesting to note that theSTAI results of anxiety as a feature among seniors reducingbody weight were also significantly higher (p =0.044).Figure 5. Average number of winning fights of judoists reducingand non-reducing body weightThe contenders reducing their body weightsachieved worse results in fitness tests conducted 1 daybefore the contest. The greatest differences, p = 0.015and p = 0.011, respectively, were noted in the powertests of the lower limbs and explosive strength of theupper limbs and torso in the group of those reducingbody weight, which fulfilled the training assumptions(Fig. 6 and 7).Figure 4. Average points STAI – state anxiety of juniors andseniors, reducing and non-reducing body weight (** significanceat p < 0.01)Over half of the juniors (n = 8) and only 40% of theseniors achieved the foreseen result assumptions. Inthe group of those reducing body weight, 2 juniors and5 seniors fulfilled the expectations of the training staff,while in the group of those who did not reduce theirbody weight, there were 6 juniors and only 1 senior.The participants of the program fought a total of 94fights in the targeted contests (46 juniors, 48 seniors),in which they won 60 (juniors, 20; seniors, 31). The ju­Figure 6. Average results of the long jump of judoists, reducingand non-reducing body weight (“+” competitors who have carriedout the coaching plan; ”–“ competitors who have not carried outthe coaching plan), (** significance at p < 0.01)The assessment of psychological conditions indicatedgreater increase of the STAI point value amongcontenders reducing body weight (p = 0.01). Analyzing– 31 –