Comparative analysis of height and weight indices among elite representatives of sprint crawl and stayer swimmers
Authors:
Svetlana N. Karpova, St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation, St. Petersburg Peter the Great Polytechnic University, St. Petersburg, Russia, ORCID: 0000-0002-6874-2217, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Aleksandr A. Zhuravlev, St. Petersburg Peter the Great Polytechnic University, St. Petersburg, Russia, ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-4395, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Abstract:
The article presents a comparative analysis of height and weight indices among elite sprint-crawl swimmers and stayer swimmers. They take part in the World Championships and the Olympic Games, specializing in the following distances: 50 m free-style, 100 m freestyle and 800 m free-style, 1500 m free-style. The work contains tables. Tables 2 and 3 reflect the definite height and weight indices of the world leaders among the representatives of the sprint crawl at 50 m free-style, 100 m free-style distances and stayer swimmers specializing in 800 m free-style and 1500 m free-style distances. Apart from these indices tables present the following: the winners at the distances, the country they represent, the result. We define the following positions: the countries, the representatives of which became the winners as often as possible and the dynamics of the results at the distances. Materials. The article considers the results of the authors’ research works concerning the analysis of the performances of elite sprintcrawl swimmers and stayer swimmers at the Olympic Games and World Championships. We determined the dynamics of the results, the distribution of the prize-winning countries during the period of the competitions, height and weight indices. Research methods. Information sources analysis and summarizing, pedagogical observation, video analysis of competitive activity of sprint-crawl swimmers and stayer swimmers, the received data analysis. Results. The authors revealed the dynamics of short and long distances inclusion in swimming at the Olympic Games and World Championships. We showed the dynamics of results, presented the leading countries in each discipline. We fulfilled a comparative analysis of height and weight indices among sprint swimmers and stayer swimmers, including data of the last Olympic Games and the World Championship. The obtained results would help to make an analysis of various methodologies used in the training process of the countries-winners. The results can form the base for making changes in the training process, directed toward its effectiveness improvement, starting from initial training till the level of high qualification. Conclusion. The analysis of the performances results among the best sprint swimmers and stayer swimmers within 21 years has shown a fairly high height index both among the representatives specializing in short and long distances. However, the best results don’t belong to the representatives with the greatest height and weight indices. This gives a reason to believe that along with the general increase of height and, as a rule, body weight, the methodology would be a decisive factor that allows to reveal the athlete’s potential.
Keywords:
performances analysis, swimming, stayer swimmers, sprint swimmers, winners, world leaders, the Olympic games, World championships, height and weight indices.
DOI: 10.14526/2070-4798-2022-17-3-38-44.