Normality Test에 따른 태국, 한국, 스페인 태권도우수 선수들의 전문체력 측정 및 경기력 결정요인 검정

Abstract

This study analyzed physical fitness of the three teams from the 2012 London Olympics in the sport of taekwondo, including team Spain which took the 1st place, team Korea which took the 3rd place, and team Thailand which took the 14th place, via measuring the physical fitness. In order to analyze the body composition and physical fitness of the male taekwondo athletes from the three countries, 14 types of methods of physical fitness measurement were used from the physical fitness measurement evaluation methods, with 27 male taekwondo athletes from the three countries as the subjects of study, and the results of measurement were analyzed per each country. Therefore, statistical verification of the results of measurement were carried out, and the results of the analysis offered the following conclusion. First, there were no differences in the body composition of the male taekwondo athletes from the three countries. To be specific, the analysis result of the body mass index(BMI) of the taekwondo athletes from the three countries showed no difference in the change of body mass between the athletes from Spain, Thailand and Korea and there were also no significant statistical difference between the athletes from the three countries in the height and weight analysis result. Second, the verification result related to physical fitness factor per each country, of male taekwondo athletes from the three countries, showed significant difference in the back muscle strength in the case of strength. In the case of endurance, sit-ups and half-squat jumps displayed significant statistical result. In the area of power, vertical high jump and medicine ball displayed significant result in the case of the three countries. In the result of cardiovascular endurance measurement, harvard step showed significant statistical result between the three countries.