Strength is a motor ability that largely determines the features of a move. In the area of conven-tional sports, that is the very facet that serves as the basis for its importance, which is ...corroborated by several studies. In sport dance, it is usually demonstrated in the form of repetitive and explosive strength and in the function of introducing nuances in the dynamics of dance performance. How big the importance of some manifestations of strength for the quality of Latin-American and Ballroom dances performance as sport dance disciplines is, is the topic that this paper deals with. The research included 49 sport dancers of both genders, age 12-15. The results of the research point out to the fact that there are different approaches in validation of the contribution of strength for the quality and performance of Latin-American and Ballroom dance. Namely, strength as a motoric ability has statistically significant effects on the quality of Latin-American performance technique, while in Ball-room dances it does not appear to be statistically significant. The obtained differences in the significance of the contribution in the observed dance disciplines are, for sure, a confirmation of the necessity to have an individual approach in planning and programming of training process, particularly for Ball-room and Latin-American dances.
Snaga je motorička sposobnost koja umnogome određuje karakter nekog kretanja. U prostoru konvencionalnih sportova upravo u toj osobini se i temelji njena značajna uloga o čemu svjedoče neka ...istraživanja. U sportskom plesu ona se najčešće ispoljava u obliku repetitivne i eksplozivne snage i u funkciji je preciznog doziranja dinamike plesnog izvođenja. Koliki je značaj nekih manifestacija snage na kvalitet ispoljavanja tehnike latinoameričkih i standardnih plesova, kao disciplina u sportskom plesu, predstavlja i osnovni problem ovog rada. Istraživanje je provedeno na 49 plesača sportskog plesa oba pola starosnog uzrasta od 12 do 15 godina. Rezultati istraživanja ukazuju da se doprinos snage na kvalitet ispoljavanja tehnike kod latinoameričkih i standardnih plesova različito vrednuje. Naime, snaga kao motorička sposobnost ima statistički značajan uticaj na kvalitet ispoljavanja tehnike kod latinoameričkih plesova, dok se kod standardnih plesova nije pokazala kao statistički značajna. Dobijene razlike u značaju doprinosa snage na posmatrane plesne discipline, svakako, je potvrda o neophodnosti individualnog pristupa planiranju i programiranju trenažnog rada posebno za standardne, a posebno za latinoameričke plesove.
Transformation procedures with the aim to determine the obtained effects have been programmed and realized with the students aged from 21 to 25. The total sample for the needs of this research ...consisted of 141 testee of male sex (71 in the experimental and 70 in the control programme). Some 9 variables for the estimation of specific movements in the rhytmic gymnastics have been applied. The experimental group had an additional training of proprioceptiveness whereas the control group had the training of other standard programs. The analyzed changes developed in the direction of a very fine differentiation in individual groups of tests which, in essence, represented the types of equipment being mastered in the domain of stylized movements realization (rope, hoop, ball). The changes in control group headed to integration of all tests, in other words, to control the functions being responsible for performance of rhytmic movements. The conclusion was that it was precisely the propriceptive training in experimental group which speeded up the formation of global control structures and realized the local differentiation which obviously resulted in a higher level and better quality movement. On the basis of everything mentioned, it could be said that the training programming in the rhytmic gymnastics, but also in some other numerous and different types of sport disciplines, could be much more enriched by programs being extremely saturated from the domain of proprioception, because it is not to be excluded that there is an enormous wealth in that area which can be applied into different forms of some adequate methodical operational procedures. Naturally, one should program the precise definition of types and forms of tasks, the exact number of repetition depending on the phases of transformation and the aims of work, the total volume and specific programes in congruence with the features of some particular sports, which represents the area for some future research, but at the same time, it is totally certain that the propriceptive training represents a very important means for improvement of work in rhytmic gymnastics.