Naslov
The success of Croatian Kickboxing National Team- Analysis by Region

Autori
Babić, Matej ; Čular, Dražen

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
Abstracts from the 20th Annual Scientific Conference of Montenegrin Sports Academy and “Sport, Physical Activity and Health: Contemporary perspectives”: Dubrovnik, Croatia. 20-23 April 2023 / Bjelica, D. ; Sekulić, D. ; Pajek, M. - Nikšić, 2023, 28-28

Skup
20th Annual Scientific Conference of Montenegrin Sports Academy “Sport, Physical Activity and Health: Contemporary perspectives"

Mjesto i datum
Cavtat, Hrvatska, 20.04.2023. - 22.04.2023

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
relative success, regional distribution, elite athlete, WAKO, amateur

Sažetak
Croatia seems to be a country where combat sports are relatively popular. The current level of amateur kickboxing quality varies from town to town, from region to region. PURPOSE: The aim of this research was to determine how many current national team members, medalists and champions come from each Croatian region. METHODS: The authors utilized recent data from the last WAKO European and World youth and senior amateur championships. RESULTS: Relative proportion within the national team between Croatian regions revealed Dalmatia as most represented in senior and Istria & Kvarner in youth national team, which suits their relative final success. Speaking of final success, there is a strong domination of Coastal Croatia (Dalmatia, Istria & Kvarner), as 13 senior champion titles come from Dalmatia and 6 youth champion titles come from Istria & Kvarner. Visible data suggest there is a lack of quality in kickboxing organization in nearly half of the Croatian counties, because 10 of 21 counties do not have any representative within the national team. CONCLUSION: This research should encourage the Croatian ministry of tourism and sport and the Croatian Kickboxing federation to promote kickboxing in all, especially addressed Croatian regions to achieve certain equality in regional prevalence of quality. Development of competitive regions in every sport will result in greater quality of national teams, and consequently more successful results.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kineziologija

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