MODELLING AND OPTIMISING THE STRENGTH POTENTIAL OF STUDENTS DURING SPORTS ACTIVITIES
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https://doi.org/10.15547/tjs.2026.2.008Keywords:
strength, strength potential, model, studentsAbstract
Strength training in sports has long been a topic of debate. It is also examined with regard to concepts giving it additional characteristics, particularly dynamic (explosive) strength, which is manifested in the shortest time. Testing according to the indices that characterize objectively dynamic strength level was conducted with 50 randomly selected students, engaged in various motor activities. The model we developed by applying the MARTIN method (successfully used in sports and pedagogic investigations) involves mathematically and statistically processed and analysed results, based on variable parameters, logarithmic, correlation, and interrelation dependencies. The model attempts to determine the level of the dynamic strength momentum state as part of the motor potential of students by objective evaluation, allowing optimal impact exerted in a particular direction.
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