Coordinative overload approach in the high jump mark of a juvenile decathlete

Abstract

Attractor-based training (ABT) aims to develop advantageous, fixed, and low-energy states in the movement of the individual. A healthy and active decathlete was used, with three years of decathlon experience and age of 16 years. The volunteer conducts his training in a social project and began training at the High Yield Training Academy of the Estacio do Ceará University Center. Due to the financial and equipment limitations of the project that the athlete participates, the athlete does not train the high jump. The study lasted 28 weeks and the training was divided into three phases: structural, intramuscular coordination, and intermuscular coordination. The marks were separated according to the running weeks until the new competition. Results show an improvement of 25 centimeters about the initial mark after 28 weeks. The athlete had an improvement over his mark before starting the ABT, even though he did not train the high jump.