Judo is a dynamic and highly intense sport, with many technical elements, which are implemented in all directions of movement. According to the literature, judo represents a sport that symmetrically develpes the human body through the process of training and the implementation of technical elements. The very implementation of these technical elements in combat and training can, if performed unevenly and unilaterally, through the development of a youth athlete to the senior category, lead to the appearance of body asymmetries. Excessive body asymmetries can result in reduced movement and, consequently, reduced competitive performance, and increase the chances of the occurrence of injuries. In the study, we examined the status of body symmetries using the 3D body scanners NX-16 (TC2) and electrical bioimpedance Inbody 720. With the special judo fitness test (SJFT) we checked the correlations of the special judo motorics with the appearance of body symmetryes/asymmetryes. We also have checked the technical knowledge and special motorics by evaluating the quality of the 12 judo throws, executed to the left and to the right body side. We have correlated the quality of the implementation of executed techniques with body symmetries/asymmetries. Competitive performance was checked with the final score of the competition points for the Slovenian judo Cup and its correlations with body symmetries/asymmetries. The sample involved 106 judokas (15 seniors, 19 yuniors – U21, 17 cadets – U18, 31 young cadets – U16 and 24 older boys – U14). The results showed statistically significant asymmetries on a sample of all 106 judoists in 7 out of 10 variables: elbow girth (p = 0.000), forearm girth (p = 0.000), arm lean mass (p = 0.027), thigh girth (p = 0.032), knee girth (p = 0.000), calf girth (p = 0.000) and leg lean mas (p = 0.000). Also, body asymmetries were detected in all age categories: seniors – 3, U21 – 4, U18 – 3, U16 – 5 and U14 – 4. The results also showed that current level of these body asymmetries does not have a statisticaly significant association with the specific judo motorics (SJFT), the quality of throwing techniques and the competition performance when regading the entire sample of the measurement. When taking into account the individual age categories, the results show that body asymmetries (seniors – thigh length, cadets – calf girth) are statistically significantly related to the competitive performance of seniors (r = 0.596, p = 0.019), and in cadets (r = -0.525, p = 0.031). Training of judo causes the appearance of body asymmetries in all age categories, but these are not related to special motors or throws technical execution. However, in certain age categories, they are linked to judo performance.
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