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- Title
METODOLOGÍAS Y EFECTOS DE LAS CAÍDAS DE PESO EN LUCHA OLÍMPICA: UNA REVISIÓN.
- Authors
García-Pallarés, Jesús; de la Cruz, Ernesto; Torres-Bonete, María Dolores; Muriel, Xabier; Díaz Suárez, Arturo
- Abstract
Wrestling was an important part of the ancient Olympic Games and is still one of the more popular events of the modern Olympic Games. Nowadays, this combat sport is based on a weight class system which aims to balance out the physical characteristics between wrestlers and therefore increase the percentage of performance that depends on technical and psychological skills. This weight class system requires all wrestlers to "make weight" few hours before the tournament begins, so that over the last decades the wrestlers have implemented numerous kinds of weight cutting approaches before the official weighing. In this review the authors aim to perform a detailed description of these weight cutting strategies and their effects on the physical fitness performance of the wrestlers. Furthermore, and based on scientific data, there will be proposals for adapting and updating these official rules, considered by most scientists and coaches as partially outdated and sometimes irrational.
- Subjects
OLYMPIC Games; TRAINING of wrestlers; WRESTLING; WEIGHT loss; PHYSICAL characteristics (Human body); PHYSICAL fitness
- Publication
E-balonmano.com: Journal of Sports Science / Revista de Ciencias del Deporte, 2011, Vol 7, p81
- ISSN
1885-7019
- Publication type
Article