CASE STUDY ON MONITORING AND DIRECTING THE SPECIFIC EFFORT OF CROSSCOUNTRY RUNNING

Abstract

Within the framework of the theory and methodology of athletics, a wide range of issues are addressed, which concern both the performance and the aspects of high performance. Therefore, at the level of all the actors involved, there is a constant concern for identifying those efficient ways, means and methodologies that ensure the fulfillment of the specific educational objectives and tasks of each echelon. As a mean of physical education, athletics is a harmonious blend between natural movements - the jogging, jumping, throwing and motor skills specific to this sport, accessible and attractive. The fact that this is also practiced on a background of intense psychical solicitation entitles us to reveal, once again, its educational character. The present paper, through its content and its approach, aims to highlight the main aspects of the specific effort recorded in the training, especially during the competition, the subject being the quadruple university champion in the cross-country  running, Olteanu Simion (Crosul Universitatii din Bucuresti Cora Lujerului). The data obtained is based on  objective, efficient and modern monitoring, used for the first time in this univesity competition. Effective monitoring was achieved by using the SUUNTO electronic device during the training and during the competition. The obtained results provide an overview of the demands of this type of effort, while at the same time solid milestones in the programming of the future training strategies both at this level and at the level of other types of effort specific to the different sports disciplines.