Dominant Coordination Motor Abilities in Combat Sports

The main objective of this research was to determine the structure of coordination motor abilities (CMA) in different combat sports. The research material included highly qualified athletes, coaches and experts of boxing, kickboxing, taekwondo, wrestling, karate and fencing. The research methods included the analysis of literature, questionnaires and interviews. Experimental data related to the identification of the dominant CMA in athletes of taekwondo and kickboxing was obtained with the use of the Vienna Test System. Other field and laboratory tests were conducted to determine the dominant CMA in male and female representatives of taekwondo and kickboxing. The results indicate that the structure of CMA of highly qualified male and female athletes of taekwondo and kickboxing are similar. Taekwondo and kickboxing develop a similar coordination profile of athletes, yet the minor differences in the structure of CMA are dictated by sex not the type of sport discipline