2019, Volume 11, Issue 4

The level of somatic health, sports specialization and alification of an athlete as indicators of intermediate selection in the mixed martial arts



Alexander Alexandrovich Gorelov1, Vladimir Mikhailovich Voronov 2, Andrei Ivanovich Krylov3, Viktor Leonidovich Kondakov2

1Saint Petersburg University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation
2Belgorod State National Research University
3National State University of Physical Education, Sport and Health in St. Petersburg


Author for correspondence: Viktor Leonidovich Kondakov; Belgorod State National Research University; email: kondakov@bsu.edu.ru

DOI: 10.29359/BJHPA.11.4.03

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Abstract

Background: This article presents the results of experimental research to identify high-priority types of martial arts whose representatives successfully implement their skills in mixed martial arts, as well as the results of the study of somatic health. Objective: To explore the mechanisms of the intermediate selection in sport of the highest achievements and to explore the possibility of using them in mixed martial arts

Materials and methods: We have attracted twelve fully qualified athletes of mixed martial arts for a study to identify criteria of talent prediction and intermediate selection in terms of somatic health. We have engaged eighteen leading Russian trainers with extensive practical experience in training athletes of combat sport and mixed martial arts as experts in this research.

Results: The results of our study show that having high potential of somatic health considerably exceeding the same indicator of ordinary man is a feature for being fully qualified mixed martial artists.

Conclusions: The results of ranking of the leading mixed martial artists and our long-term observations confirm representatives of sport and combat sambo and army hand-to-hand combat are the most promising in terms of success in competitive activity.


Key words: mixed martial arts, intermediate selection, somatic health, paired comparison, comparison of polar groups


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AMA:

Gorelov A, Voronov V, Krylov A et al. The level of somatic health, sports specialization and alification of an athlete as indicators of intermediate selection in the mixed martial arts. Balt J Health Phys Activ. 2019;11(4):18-27. doi:10.29359/BJHPA.11.4.03

APA:

Gorelov, A.A., Voronov , V.M.., Krylov, A.I.., & Kondakov, V.L.. (2019). The level of somatic health, sports specialization and alification of an athlete as indicators of intermediate selection in the mixed martial arts. Balt J Health Phys Activ, 11(4), 18-27. https://doi.org/10.29359/BJHPA.11.4.03

Chicago:

Gorelov, Alexander Alexandrovich, Voronov Vladimir Mikhailovich , Krylov Andrei Ivanovich , Kondakov Viktor Leonidovich . 2019. "The level of somatic health, sports specialization and alification of an athlete as indicators of intermediate selection in the mixed martial arts". Balt J Health Phys Activ 11 (4): 18-27. doi:10.29359/BJHPA.11.4.03

Harvard:

Gorelov, A.A., Voronov , V.M.., Krylov, A.I.., and Kondakov, V.L.. (2019). The level of somatic health, sports specialization and alification of an athlete as indicators of intermediate selection in the mixed martial arts. Balt J Health Phys Activ, 11(4), pp.18-27. https://doi.org/10.29359/BJHPA.11.4.03

MLA:

Gorelov, Alexander Alexandrovich et al. "The level of somatic health, sports specialization and alification of an athlete as indicators of intermediate selection in the mixed martial arts." Balt J Health Phys Activ, vol. 11, no. 4, 2019, pp. 18-27. doi:10.29359/BJHPA.11.4.03

Vancouver:

Gorelov AA, Voronov VM, Krylov AI et al. The level of somatic health, sports specialization and alification of an athlete as indicators of intermediate selection in the mixed martial arts. Balt J Health Phys Activ 2019; 11(4): 18-27. Available from: doi:10.29359/BJHPA.11.4.03