Changes in the situational motor abilities of karate athletes in the preparatory and pre-competition period

Abstract

The development of modern karate is associated with the growing presence of science whose research results have been widely used in the training processes of karate athletes. All this research has contributed to building the scientific basis in sports. Achieving top sports re-sults is conditioned by a number of predispositions that modern competitors should possess. The research was conducted on a stratified sample of 16 male karate athletes, potential members of the national team of the Republic of Kosovo, in the period of preparation before participation in the World Cup for U21, juniors and cadets in Chile 2019. The main goal of the research is to determine the changes in situational-motor abilities in karate athletes after ten weeks of programmed training. The basic descriptive statistical parameters were calculated for each variable, for example: arithmetic mean (Mean), standard deviation (SD), lower (min) and upper (max) limit of the results. Multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) and univariate analy-sis of variance (ANOVA) were used to determine the intergroup differences in arithmetic means as well as the differences within the groups. The LSD test post hoc analysis was applied to de-termine the specific impact of each variable in the creation of group differences. The analysis of the obtained research results revealed statistically significant differences between the three time sequences in the three variables.