Skills-specific competitive fitness of athletes from team and individual sports

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PhD, Associate Professor S. Sniras1
PhD A.B. Uspuriene1
1Lithuanian Sports University, Kaunas, Lithuania

Objective of the study was to assess the level of development of the skills-specific competitive fitness of athletes from team and individual sports.
Methods and structure of the study. Sampled for the study were 180 athletes: 100 from team sports (62 males and 38 females) and 80 from individual sports (48 males and 32 females). The level of development of the athletes’ skills-specific competitive fitness was assessed using the questionnaire adapted by Y. Sugiyama.
The data obtained in the two groups were compared based on the statistical significance of the differences in the average values of the skills-specific competitive fitness of the athletes from team and individual sports. The Student’s t-criterion was used to rate the statistical significance of the intergroup differences. The significance level was chosen to be <0.05. The statistical analysis of the data obtained was carried out using the SPSS 22.0 software.
Results and conclusions. The analysis of the level of development of the subjects’ skills-specific competitive fitness revealed that the athletes from team sports rated their skills more favorably (p<0.05) (team sports index - 3.55, individual sports index - 2.91).
During the competitions, the athletes were able to better transmit, receive, and process information from the coach, teammates, and opponents. They were also found to better control and regulate their emotional state in response to their teammates’ or opponents’ actions.

Keywords: skills-specific competitive fitness, team sports, individual sports.

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