Fitness profile of junior Judoists

Judo is a sport of variable intensity where high-intensity efforts vary with low-intensity activities. Judo is not only a technical-tactical preparation, but also a sport with requirements of a high level of functional and motor skills, which makes things complex enough. The aim of this research i to examine and determine motor-functional space in junior judoists. The sample of respondents consists of 66 male respondents of junior age, who were tested in three countries. The clubs that participated in the research are clubs from: Slovenia, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The sample of variables used in SJFT (special judo fitness test) are: first 15 s - I, first 30s - II, second 30s - III, total number of throws - A, heart rate after test - HRa, heart rate after 1 min - HRb, SJFT index. Descriptive statistics and a paired t-test for dependent samples were used to process the data. Average values ​​of the results obtained by the study for the total number of nage-komis (24.94; SD-2.14), heart rate immediately after the test (188; SD-8.8), heart rate after 1 minute (159; SD-13.6) and index (14; SD-1.5). These values ​​refer to the 66 respondents of junior age participating in this test. The results of the research showed that all average results of variables can be classified as bad or very bad in the classification table, where the poor distribution of data is shown. If we looked at individual values, then 3% (maximum 2) of the total number of respondents (66) would have an excellent result, and 15% (up to 12 respondents) would have a good result on the total number of throws, while 45% of results (30) would rank under very bad. The average heart rate immediately after the test would be classified as bad, if the heart rate after 1 minute, or its average value could be classified as good. The average value of the index is in poor results. For the total number of throws we have 6 results that can be classified as good and excellent, for HR immediately after the test as many as 25 respondents are in the group of bad, while 11 respondents are very bad, which makes more than half of respondents. For HR 1 minute after the test, we have 30 subjects classified in the last two groups. Based on the obtained results, we can conclude that it is not impossible to include the results of juniors in the senior tables, but most of the results are classified as bad / very bad, which is the bottom of the classification table. However, there are differences between the body of seniors and juniors, so it would be necessary to separate the results of younger and older ages. The obtained results can be used as guidelines for more efficient programming of the training process, with special emphasis on age.