Various options for assessing the functional capabilities of the body of judoka

Abstract

 The authors substantiate the need for high functional capabilities of the judoka’s body to conduct
competitive meetings at a high pace during the entire duel, to conduct regular monitoring of the
state of various functional systems of the body in order to obtain objective data for planning training
loads and making adjustments, if necessary, to assess the level of physical performance of judoka in
laboratory conditions using a comprehensive medical and biological examination including registration
of anthropometric indicators, determination of body composition, assessment of the current state and
functionality of the external respiration apparatus, the cardiovascular system, determination of the
body’s response to muscle loads of increasing power, including maximum, regular examinations by
medical specialists in order to obtain admission to the training process, mandatory testing of judoka in
conditions of work in the mode of competitive loads, as well as analysis of technical and tactical actions
in competitions to evaluate functionality.