History of Tricking Foundation as an Extreme Sport and Its Distribution Aspects in Ukraine

Abstract

Relevance. Many people associate tricking with capoeira, acrostreet, eXtreme Martial Arts and Multi Level Moves. But, it’s the single extreme sport, ideas of foundation and distribution of which in Ukraine are studied insufficiently. The aim of the study is – to study the peculiarities of the tricking foundation as an innovative kind of extreme sports and investigate the historical aspects of its foundation and distribution in Ukraine, in particular, in Volyn region. Results of the study. Establishment of tricking took place at USA in 60th years of XX century. It`s movement base was created by extreme sportsmen Ernie Reyes, Mike Chaturantabut, Daniel Sterling, Matt Emig and others. Establishment of tricking in Ukraine starts at 2009 and related to the All-Ukrainian youth association «Astorun» (head – Roman Konopatskyi, BilaTserkva). Today there more than 10 tricking teams in Ukraine, the most known are «VIATORES» (Lviv, 2013), «Nation Motion» (Cherkasy, 2014), «ASTIR» (Rivne, 2012), tricking schools in Mykolaiv, Kyiv, Kharkiv and others. At Volyn region tricking was established in 2010–2012 at traceurscommunit, and at 2012 was created sports organization «TWIST FREERUN FAMILY» (Lutsk). Conclusions. Tricking, after its establishment in 60th years of XX century in USA, today become very popular all over the world. In Ukraine tricking was founded in first 10th of XXI century and still is in developmental phase.

Effects of a 10-week detraining period on gross motor skills in young tricking practitioners

“…Around the world there has been a growing interest among young people in extreme motor activities (i.e., parkour, gimbarr, crossfit, skateboarding, rollerblading, snowboarding) (Batuev & Robinson, 2018;Green et al, 2018;Stratford, 2015). In recent years, tricking has emerged as a martial arts sport that combines acrobatics, gymnastics, and various kicks and jumps to create an elaborate and visually stunning display of movement (Hnitetska et al, 2017). Tricking usually involves complex and dynamic movements, including aerials, backflips, kicks, corkscrews and other acrobatic maneuvers (Grassie, 2017;Witfeld et al, 2013).…”

“…The modality's technical actions are fundamentally based on various movement disciplines, especially disciplines such as Taekwondo, Wushu and Capoeira, as many of its fundamental kicks and techniques are derived from these martial arts (O'Connor et al, 2022). Due to the demanding typology, practitioners of this modality are required to present high levels of strength, agility and coordination, which must be constantly optimized during training and practice (Chatinyan & Avetisyan, 2022;Hnitetska et al, 2017). Additionally, the tricking training should include static and dynamic stretching routines to improve flexibility and range of motion, especially in the legs, hips, and back, which are crucial for executing kicks and acrobatics.…”