Olympic rowing: identification of the model of competitive activity of international elite male rowers
International Journal of Development Research
Olympic rowing: identification of the model of competitive activity of international elite male rowers
Received 09th January, 2020; Received in revised form 26th February, 2020; Accepted 06th March, 2020; Published online 29th April, 2020
Copyright © 2020, Fábio Barreto Maia da Silva et al., This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
This study analyzed and elaborated the competitive activity model. Data from the 40 rowers (29.52 ± 4.50 years) of the 2010-2018 world finalists were analyzed. Physical characteristics: age (years), body weight (kg), height (m) and body mass index (kg/m2). And motor activities during competition: time 2000m (s), average speed (m/s), stroke rate (spm), power (w), number (sn), length (m), cycle time (s) and technical level (%). After analysis of the results, the competitive and elite model was elaborated. Strong correlation between time (r = -0.99; p <0.01), power (r = 0.99; p <0.01) and technical level (r = 0.99; p <0.01) with mean velocity in 2000 meters. test. In the competitive model, time (r = -0.91; p <0.01) and power (r = 0.92; p <0.01) showed a strong correlation with the average speed of 1500 meters. Already in the stroke number (r = -0.52; p <0.01) and stroke length (r = 0.51; p <0.01) higher correlation on arrival in the last 250 meters of competition. The beliefs of the applied training need to be revised, and still emphasize the partial of higher correlation. For with the competitive and elite model the training plan should approach the characteristics of the competition.
