The technical skills specific to naval pentathlon are largely conditioned by the level of development of certain conditional and coordinative motoric skills, and the level of aptitudes, which plays a very important role. The naval pentathlon, practiced by the military of the naval forces, consists of each athlete passing the following five races: obstacle race, lifesaving swimming race, utility swimming race, amphibious cross-country race, seamanship race. The races have a rich content of swimming related actions, throwing, running, jumping, climbing, shooting and rowing and require from the athlete a complex training.
Behind a ritual, stretching has long been used by all athletes, professional or amateur regardless of sports discipline, being practiced in various forms before or after the effort. Seen by most coaches and athletes as a true ritual, it has recently begun to be analysed by the researchers, and its role, considered beneficial, to be questioned for certain disciplined or for others.
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