The 6th Congress of Exercise and Sport Sciences

Coaching Management of Lithuanian National Judo Team (Female) Athletes

Lolita Dudeniene Antanas Skarbalius
Sports Science, Lithuanian Sports University, Kaunas, Lithuania

Athlete coaching is a multi-faceted activity centered around the educator (coach) and the learner (athlete). Successful athletes’ performance in competitions is determined by their proper preparation (Callan, 2018; Warner & Kanamaru, 2018), which depends on the training program. Thus, effective management of athlete coaching is dependent on the synergy of preparation and performance models. A closed, feedback-based system of athlete coaching management (Adams, 1971; Schmidt, 1975) can ensure focused coaching management, so that the best results are achieved in the most important competitions (Burns et al., 2018; Calmet et al., 2010). It is essential to develop a proper training program that corresponds to athlete performance (Calmet et al., 2010; Del Vecchio et al., 2018).
A relevant problem of judo athlete coaching is the development of preparation programs, i.e. setting up workload volume, preparation content and intensity, and dividing all this into particular periods of athlete preparation (Junior & Drigo, 2017).
The research aim was to develop coaching management of high-performance female judo athletes. To achieve the aim, the following objectives were set: to select the criteria for systematic monitoring of preparation and performance of high-performance female athletes, and to develop an optimal training program of high-performance female judo athletes.

The experiment was conducted for more than one year: in total, 60 microcycles were divided into 4 separate blocks depending on the competition schedule. Internal (RPE, HR, TRIMP) and external (training and competition volume) workload indicators were registered and training content was recorded. On training days, Microsoft Excel 2003 application was used to register the content and time (in minutes). During the experiment, the data and training program workloads of the judo athletes were recorded in the Athlete Analyzer application.
The coaching program of the period under research consisted of 22 introductory sessions, 13 competitions, 13 recoveries, 8 loads, and 4 basic microcycles. Apart from the focused preparation of judo athletes in blocks, the crucial element of planning was structuring each microcycle content. This way, a four-block workload and content model for coaching high-performance judo athletes was developed. The blocks differed not only in their duration and load, but also in the number and importance of competitions.
When measuring the impact of the coaching program on the performance of female judo athletes, indicators before and after the experiment were compared. Comparative analysis of competition activity of elite or high-performance judo athletes, and the successfully applied coaching program, resulted in the development of combat models and coaching focus, as well as coaching models and indicators of change in criteria management.

Lolita Dudeniene
Lolita Dudeniene
Lithuanian Sports University
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7000-083X








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