Optimal Interval for Success in Judo World-Ranking Competitions

Abstract

Optimal interval period between successive competitions varies according to competition level and sex; shorter intervals (6-9 wk) were better for female athletes competing at the lowest competition level (Continental Open), but for most of the competitions, the 10- to 13-wk interval was detected as optimal for both male and female athletes (Grand Prix, Continental Championship, and World Championship), whereas for the ranking-based qualified male competitions (ie, Masters and Olympic Games), a longer period (>14 wk) is needed.

Be seeded or not be seeded? A study with Olympic judo athletes

“…As the world ranking list is used as the main criteria to qualify to the Olympic Games, which is the most prestigious competition to judo athletes ( Franchini and Takito, 2014 ), and the position in this ranking determines the seeded athletes in each weight category, most athletes take part in four to eight competitions during the year to guarantee their direct qualification to the competition (i.e., top 22 for males and top 14 for females) ( Franchini et al, 2016 ). The competitions comprising the Judo World Tour are disputed in different countries, although the higher concentration be in Europe ( Ferreira Julio et al, 2013 ).…”

“…In addition, athletes’ personal identifications were replaced by a code, ensuring anonymity and confidentiality. This process was used in previous studies analyzing competitions of the world ranking list ( Ferreira Julio et al, 2013 ; Franchini and Julio, 2015 ; Franchini et al, 2016 ). All procedures were approved by the local research ethic committee (process 105/2010).…”

“…The Olympic Games are the most relevant competition for judo athletes ( Franchini and Takito, 2014 ) and the most traditional nations in this sport need to invest a considerable amount of money to maintain their athletes taking part in the main competitions of the Judo World Tour ( Franchini et al, 2016 ). Although the ranking system has been criticized due to the home advantage effect noticed in these competitions ( Ferreira Julio et al, 2013 ; Krumer, 2017 ) and to its low predictive value for the Olympic Games performance ( Franchini and Julio, 2015 ), the fact that the draws are seeded has a strong influence on some countries trying to have a larger number of athletes among the top eight in each weight category.…”

40 anos da Pós-graduação da EEFE-USP: contribuições para o avanço do conhecimento em Treinamento Esportivo

“…Além destas potenciais aplicações, o conhecimento gerado a partir da análise técnica, tática e de estrutura temporal, juntamente com aquele oriundo de investigações sobre a demanda energética da luta, tem permitido a elaboração de processos de avaliação mais especí cos. Neste contexto, vale destacar o processo de avaliação física de atletas do boxe 105 , da esgrima 106 , do judô [107][108] -incluindo atletas paralímpicos 109 , do karatê [110][111][112][113][114] e do taekwondo [115][116] , com utilização de testes especí cos -inclusive com a elaboração de tabelas classi catórias [117][118] e análise discriminante entre diferentes testes 119 e/ou em situações especí cas das diferentes modalidades [120][121][122] . A compreensão de como treinam os atletas que participaram dos Jogos Olímpicos 123 , de quais competições participam durante o processo de quali cação para esta, com determinação da importância relativa quanto ao posicionamento em "rankings" internacionais [124][125][126] e do intervalo ideal entre estas competições para a maximização do desempenho 127 , permite melhor planejamento do processo de treinamento, além da elaboração de estudos com maior validade ecológica.…”

Análisis bibliométrico de la producción científica sobre judo como deporte de combate

“…(2) los beneficios educativos que conlleva en etapas de formación (Drigo, 2009;Espartero, , 2016;Fukuda, Stout, Burris, & Fukuda 2011); (3) su valor como deporte competitivo, al estar presente en los juegos olímpicos (Calmet, Pierantozzi, Sterkowicz, Challis, & Franchini, 2017;Franchini et al, 2017;Kamitani et al, 2017); y (4) las posibilidades de utilizarlo como defensa personal (De Cree & Jones, 2011;Iermakov, t al., 20 Arziutov, & Jagiello, 2016; Torres-Luque e 16).…”