Special games to improve the performance of youth shooters in finals events

Abstract

The modifications introduced in recent years by the International Shooting Sport Federation, raise the requirements in the preparation of its athletes. The article shows an alternative displayed in the Youth Academy of sports shooting in the province of Villa Clara, the result of a research in the specialty of this sports discipline developed at the University of Physical Culture and Sport Sciences "Manuel Fajardo" in Havana Cuba. Its objective was to determine the use of special games for the development of the technical-tactical and psychological preparation in the youth shooters in the final events. Quantitative methods of theoretical level were combined as documentary analysis, of empirical level such as scientific observation, interviews and an experiment; statistical methods whose results were grouped into frequency tables and qualitative group workshops. Among its main results are the pre-competition diagnosis, the improvement of the technical-tactical and psychological preparation of the juvenile shooters and their results in final events. The assessment by users and specialists confirmed that this study work can be replicated in other categories of this and other sports.

Keywords

• Juegos especiales
• preparación técnico-táctica y psicológica de tiradores juveniles
• eventos de finales.