STUDY ON THE EFFICIENCY OF THE CURRENT SELECTION FOR FIRST STAGE IN ATHLETICS IN ROMANIA

Abstract

The aim of the research is to demonstrate the efficiency and make
relevant conclusions on the current selection system for the first
formative stage in Romania, in athletics. Methods: For this, we
made a bibliographic study on the volumes “Technical Results†of
the Romanian Athletics Federation, whose objective was to know
the efficiency of the selection system for the first stage formative in
athletics, system that was promoted in the 80s, and still available.
The study was conducted by researching the evolution of three generations
of athletes, who began their sportive activity at the
Children category I, in 1988, 1989 and 1990. Results: Following
this general analysis of the three generations, we can say that athletes
selected on the basis of current criteria fail to cover the necessary
talent, a claim supported by the fact that only a small percentage
of the athletes had a representative and longevive career in
sports and valorous results. Conclusions: We found that the current
selection from Romania, to the many samples that are selected for
future athletic performers, has a limited number of tests, physical
only, which does not offer the possibility to select young professionals
with high predisposition favoring practicing athletics performance
and recovery performance potential in various athletic events.