Physiological Characteristics of Junior Taekwondo Athletes of Student Training Education Centres in Java

Abstract

The measurement of physiological characteristics of junior athletes is important to do as the first step in determining and designing training designs that are appropriate for athletes. The purpose of this study was to measure the physiological characteristics of Indonesian Junior Taekwondo athletes, who were members of student training education centres (PPLP), in West Java, Central Java, and East Java provinces. This qualitative descriptive study conducted the process of collecting data of 8 male junior Taekwondo athletes and 9 female Taekwondo junior athletes. The results of the obtained data were compared with the data from previous research as a reference in determining the quality standards of Indonesia junior Taekwondo athletes compared with Taekwondo junior athletes from other countries. Related to anthropometric aspects, the results of this study showed that the body weight, height, and BMI of Taekwondo athletes were in the normal category according to WHO standard. Based on the results of anaerobic capacity measurement, Taekwondo athletes got unfavourable results on an average 30 meter sprint result. However, the results of vertical jumps and VO2max indicated that Indonesian junior Taekwondo athletes were above the normal category determined previously. This research successfully described the physiological characteristics of Indonesian junior Taekwondo athletes in West Java, East Java, and Central Java student training education centres. The trainers are encouraged to provide a balance concept of aerobic and anaerobic trainings in order to create or to nurture Taekwondo athletes properly and appropriately.

Profile of Taekwondo Athletes in Situbondo Indonesian

“…Anaerobic power in this study is muscle explosive power and running. This Anaerobic variable is the same as the research of [2]. The speed in this study is faster than the [8], which states that the medal winner's rate is around 5.07 ± 0.39.…”

“…Indonesia itself is a country that also participates in the development of Taekwondo. This can be proven since Taekwondo competed in the exhibition match at the Barcelona Olympics in 1992, Indonesia got three silver medals and one bronze medal [2]. However, in recent years, Indonesia's achievements have tended to decline [2].…”

“…This can be proven since Taekwondo competed in the exhibition match at the Barcelona Olympics in 1992, Indonesia got three silver medals and one bronze medal [2]. However, in recent years, Indonesia's achievements have tended to decline [2]. Taekwondo can be done by all people, from children to adults.…”

Taekwondo sports coaching at Mahameru Club: A basic interpretive study on historical aspects, coaching systems, management resources, and achievement coaching

“…Indonesia has won three silver medals and one bronze medal since the Taekwondo competition in the exhibition match at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics (Fajar et al, 2022). However, Indonesia's achievements have tended to deteriorate in recent decades (Apriantono et al, 2020). As a result, one of Indonesia's issues, the training method creates numerous barriers to producing and developing quality athletes (Ma et al, 2018;Monks et al, 2017).…”

“…As a result, one of Indonesia's issues, the training method creates numerous barriers to producing and developing quality athletes (Ma et al, 2018;Monks et al, 2017). Many Taekwondo coaches in Indonesia struggle to find an effective training design for Taekwondo athletes (Apriantono et al, 2020). Coaches cannot select training programmes in general because they lack information on the physiological characteristics of the athletes they train (Park & Song, 2018;Yudhistira et al, 2021a).…”