| Autor: |
Babić, Matej, Čular, Dražen |
| Přispěvatelé: |
Bjelica, D., Sekulić, D., Pajek, M. |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2023 |
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| Popis: |
Croatia seems to be a country where combat sports are relatively popular. The current level of amateur kickboxing quality varies from town to town, from region to region. PURPOSE: The aim of this research was to determine how many current national team members, medalists and champions come from each Croatian region. METHODS: The authors utilized recent data from the last WAKO European and World youth and senior amateur championships. RESULTS: Relative proportion within the national team between Croatian regions revealed Dalmatia as most represented in senior and Istria & Kvarner in youth national team, which suits their relative final success. Speaking of final success, there is a strong domination of Coastal Croatia (Dalmatia, Istria & Kvarner), as 13 senior champion titles come from Dalmatia and 6 youth champion titles come from Istria & Kvarner. Visible data suggest there is a lack of quality in kickboxing organization in nearly half of the Croatian counties, because 10 of 21 counties do not have any representative within the national team. CONCLUSION: This research should encourage the Croatian ministry of tourism and sport and the Croatian Kickboxing federation to promote kickboxing in all, especially addressed Croatian regions to achieve certain equality in regional prevalence of quality. Development of competitive regions in every sport will result in greater quality of national teams, and consequently more successful results. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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