The relationship between judo specific test performances and physical fitness in prepubescent male judo athletes

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between judo specific test performances and physical fitness of prepubescent judo athletes. Forty male judo athletes aged 10-13 voluntarily participated. Athletes completed special judo fitness test (SJFT), hikisdashi uchi-komi test (HUT), judogi grip strength tests, and performance-related physical fitness components tests (aerobic power, strength, agility, explosive power, body composition). Correlation coefficients were used to analyze the relationship between the judo specific tests and physical fitness performances. Significant correlations were found between total throw numbers during SJFT, HUT performance, isometric and dynamic judogi grip strength test performance and general performance-related physical fitness tests. Also, negative correlations were found between judo specific tests performances and body fat percent. It can be concluded from the study that total throws in SJFT, 20 s HUT and dynamic judogi grip strength tests can be used to monitor performances of prepubescent judo athletes as these tests present large significant correlations with performance related physical fitness tests.

Descripción de la aptitud física en judokas sub-15 argentinos

“…En diversos estudios el salto vertical muestra correlación con diferentes acciones específicas del deporte. Particularmente, en judokas mayores la altura del salto se correlacionó con la cantidad de proyecciones realizadas en el SJFT (Detanico et al, 2012), mientras que en niños con la cantidad de proyecciones y el índice del SJFT, dominadas isométricas y dinámicas con judogi y con el test de uchi komi (Demirci et al, 2023). El salto vertical también se ha utilizado para relacionar la fuerza explosiva de miembros inferiores con el rendimiento en combates de judo, encontrando una correlación positiva entre la altura del salto y el tiempo de combate efectivo (Kons et al, 2017(Kons et al, , 2019.…”