| Abstract [eng] |
Relevance. Even though Lithuanian rowers have achieved high results, still, popularity of rowing is limited by a number of factors: expensive inventory, unfavourable climate conditions for rowing, complex methods of training, long and hard endurance work in the open air, popularity of other sports branches predetermine low youth’s interest in rowing. When the mass scale is low, selection of talents and genetically determined rowers is complicated; however, after carrying out analysis of training methods of high mastership rowers, it was found out that usually training as well as physical and functional fitness used to be far from the requirements posed for rowing sport as well as the model and the parameters to-be-achieved (Raslanas, Petkus, 2007). That is why we consider analysis of rowers’ training for the Olympic Games as a relevant theme. The research object: physical development, fitness, functional capability of Lithuanian rowers. The research aim: to carry out analysis of fitness of high mastership rowers for the Olympic Games. The research methods: 1.Theoretical analysis and generalisation. 2.Research of sportsmen’s physical and functional fitness. Physical development, physical and functional fitness of Lithuanian national team’s pair canoe and light-weight pair canoe rowers as well as their change during the cycle of four years were researched, and record of training loads was carried out. Conclusions: 1.The indices of physical development of male pair canoe rowers had a tendency for increase during the four-year cycle and were close to elite sportsmen’s indices. The indices of physical development of light-weight pair canoe rowers were behind the model characteristics of elite rowers and they changed wavy during the four-year cycle. 2.The indices of physical and functional fitness of male pair canoe rowers increased during the four-year cycle, in the end of the competition period they used to reach quite a high level. The indices of physical and functional fitness of light-weight pair canoe rowers changed wavy during the cycle of four years and maximal instantaneous and average anaerobic alactatic power as well as mixed anaerobic alactatic and glycolytic fitness during the period of research progressed slightly. 3.The amount of training load of male pair canoe rowers increased every year and was the highest in the third year of the Olympic cycle. The amount of training load of light-weight pair canoe rowers increased every year, only later, after not passing the qualification of the Olympic Games, decreased in the final fourth year. Pair canoe rowers carried out shorter training, but had training twice a day more often; whereas light-weight pair canoe rowers had training once per day more often and it lasted for longer. |
