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DIFFERENCE IN IMPORTANCE OF HAND AND LEG TECHNIQUES IN THE COMPETITIVE KICKBOXING DISCIPLINES

The main purpose of this paper was to determine the importance of kickboxing techniques in individual kickboxing disciplines and to establish whether there are any differences between the kickboxing disciplines as far as the importance of their techniques is concerned. For this reason two main hypothesis were established ; H1- Kickboxing techniques are of different importance for different disciplines ; H2 – Hand techniques, unlike leg techniques, are more important within “hard” then within “soft” disciplines. The assessment of importance of individual techniques (44) in different variables of competitive kickboxing disciplines (8) was performed by six experts who were familiar with the research methodology. Results indicate the existence of a statistically significant difference in technique importance between the “soft” and “hard” disciplines. Hand techniques are identified as statistically more important in “hard” disciplines. Also, there is no statistically significant difference in importance of leg techniques between “hard” and “soft” disciplines. The obtained results identified, also, the difference of importance between hand and leg techniques in three out of eight competitive kickboxing disciplines. Both established hypothesis were accepted. These data can be important for kickboxing coaches who can use the result distribution to select competitors according to the predominantly used technique and the quality of their performance by each competitor. It can be concluded that coaches should teach their competitors all groups of techniques equally, considering the fact that competitors may compete in all disciplines and that a technical deficit may be an obstacle in achieving high-quality results.

Semi contact; Light contact; Full contact; Low kick; K1 discipline

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