Background The aim of the study was to identify selected success factors of elite Olympic taekwondo competitors in the context of medals that they have or have not won during Polish Senior Championships (PSCs). Material/Methods: Sixty-four elite male taekwondo competitors took part in the study. The competitors were divided into two groups on the basis of their achievements: PSC medallists and non-medallists. Factors determining sports success were modelled with the use of a general linear model (GLM). The procedure lasted until the minimum of the quality criterion, i.e., the Akaike information criterion (AIC), was reached. Results: Successful competitors (medallists) demonstrated significantly better technique, conditioning and flexibility parameters. Technical skills (e.g., strikes and side and roundhouse kicks), speed, dynamic strength and endurance were the factors that contributed to the achievement of excellent results in taekwondo. Conclusions: The research results revealed groups of success factors in taekwondo at a national level. Variables concerning kicks exerted the greatest influence on point scores (360° dollyo chagi montong-41% and dollyo chagi-31%).

Introduction. The aim of the study was to identify selected success factors of elite Olympic taekwondo competitors in the context of medals that they have or have not won during Polish Junior Championships (PJCs). Material and methods. Sixty-three elite male taekwondo competitors took part in the study. The competitors were divided into two groups on the basis of their achievements: PJC medallists and non-medallists. Factors determining sports success were modelled with the use of a general linear model (GLM). The procedure lasted until the minimum of the quality criterion, i.e., the Akaike information criterion (AIC), was reached. Results. Successful competitors (medallists) demonstrated significantly better conditioning, technique, coordination and structural parameters. Dynamic strength, general endurance, technical skills (e.g., roundhouse kicks), complex reactions and low adiposity levels were the factors that contributed to the achievement of excellent results in taekwondo. Conclusions. The research results revealed groups of success factors in taekwondo at a national level. Variables concerning coordination factors (complex reaction-16%) and technical factors (360°dollyo chagi montong-8.8%) exerted the greatest influence on point scores.

Introduction. The aim of the study was to identify correlations between general physical fitness (independent variable) and sports result (dependent variable) of junior taekwondo athletes. Material and methods. Of all the subjects n = 104 there were 62 male and 42 female juniors at the level of at least the 6 th kup. The research was conducted with the use of the International Physical Fitness Test (IPFT). A sports result was defined by the place won at Polish Junior Championships in 10 weight classes. The analysis regarding the significance of differences between groups was done by means of one-way ANOVA variance. Results and Conclusions. It was observed that a sports result in female junior taekwondo athletes was conditioned by the power of lower extremities, strength and endurance. In the case of males, however, it was not clearly determined what a sports result depended upon.

Background: ‪The goal of the presented study was to identify personality and temperament traits of Olympic taekwondo competitors at a varied level of advancement in relation to their sports performance. Material and methods: ‪There were 127 Olympic taekwondo competitors in a junior category (n = 63) and a senior one (n = 64) who were divided into two research groups, i.e. competitors who won medals and competitors who did not win medals in the Polish championship of Olympic taekwondo. Results: H‪aving analysed the data, it turned out that the two researched groups (juniors and seniors) were similar regarding a low level of anxiety and neuroticism, a high level of extroversion and an average level of agreeableness. The only variable significantly differentiating competitors in junior and senior groups was neuroticism. Conclusions: ‪In the junior group, it was extroversion that differentiated the competitors with or without medals, in the senior one – agreeableness.

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