Behavior of female judo weight divisions on approach and grip phases in different judo rules: The top 20 athletes from the 2016 and 2020 Olympic cycles
Lindsei Brabec Mota Barreto,
Esteban Ariel Aedo-Muñoz,
Bianca Miarka,
Dany Alexis Sobarzo Soto,
Roberto Jerônimo dos Santos Silva,
Felipe J. Aidar,
Andreia Cristiane Carrenho Queiroz,
Otávio de Toledo Nóbrega,
Ciro José Brito
Affiliations
Lindsei Brabec Mota Barreto
Department of Physical Education. Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Campus Governador Valadares. Governador Valadares, MG, Brazil; Department of Education, Federal University of Grande Dourados, Dourados, MS, Brazil
Esteban Ariel Aedo-Muñoz
Departamento de Educación Física Deportes y Recreación, Facultad de Artes y Educación Física, Universidad Metropolitana de Ciencia de La Educación, Santiago, Chile
Bianca Miarka
Program of Physical Education, Laboratory of Psychophysiology and Performance in Sports & Combats, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Dany Alexis Sobarzo Soto
Escuela de Kinesiología, Facultad de Salud. Magister en Ciencias la Actividad Física y Deportes Aplicadas al Entrenamiento Rehabilitación y Reintegro Deportivo, Universidad Santo Tomás, Puerto Montt, Chile
Roberto Jerônimo dos Santos Silva
Physical Education Department, Federal University of Sergipe, Aracaju, SE, Brazil
Felipe J. Aidar
Physical Education Department, Federal University of Sergipe, Aracaju, SE, Brazil
Andreia Cristiane Carrenho Queiroz
Department of Physical Education. Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Campus Governador Valadares. Governador Valadares, MG, Brazil
Otávio de Toledo Nóbrega
Graduation Program in Medical Sciences, University of Brasilia, Campus Universitario Darcy Ribeiro, Brasilia, Brazil
Ciro José Brito
Department of Physical Education. Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Campus Governador Valadares. Governador Valadares, MG, Brazil; Corresponding author. Ciro José Brito Federal University of Juiz de Fora. Street Sao Paulo, nº 745, Campus Governador Valadares - Minas Gerais, Brazil
In judo combat, the approach and gripping phases play a crucial role in determining victory, and it is believed that they can be influenced by the current rules. The objective of this study was to compare the technical-tactical actions executed by female judokas in the approach and gripping subphases during international competitions held in the 2016 and 2020 Olympic cycles, which featured different rules. We analyzed 1332 combat videos from the top 20 female judo athletes in the world rankings. These videos were equally distributed across weight divisions in the 2016 and 2020 Olympic cycles (48 kg = 132; 52 kg = 72; 57 kg = 109; 63 kg = 96; 70 kg = 69; 78 kg = 106; >78 kg = 82; total = 666 combats per cycle). The athletes in the 2020 cycle spent more time executing approach actions without contact with the judogi (formless: 2020 = 26.9; 2016 = 21.3 s; p 78 kg; p 78 kg; right dorsal = 63 kg; left dorsal = 63 kg, 78 kg; right collar left sleeve = 48 kg, 52 kg; right dorsal left sleeve = 78 kg; right dorsal left collar = 48 kg, 70 kg; right dorsal left dorsal = 48 kg, 63 kg; p < 0.05). There were notable technical-tactical shifts in the behavior of female athletes between the Olympic cycles with different rules, and these findings should be taken into account for specialized training in female judo.
