Physiological Demands of Hard Shoe and Soft Shoe Irish Dancing: A Pilot Study

RESULTS: in the 1 test, 11 athletes, men (7), the results were, 4, 36.4% good, 1, 9% very good, 2, 18.2% excellent; women (4), 1, 9% bad and 3, 27.3% regular, in the 2 test, 11, men (8), 1, 9% bad, 1, 9% regular, 3, 27.3% good and 3, 27.3% excellent; women (3), 1, 9% regular and 2, 18.2% good and in the 3, (16), men 10, 2, 12.5% regular, 6, 37.5% good and 2, 12.5% excellent; women 6, very bad 1, 6.3%, 2, 12.5% regular and 3, 18.7% good. CONCLUSION: With the special fitness Judo Index test we can track the sports preparation of judo athletes and evaluate their performance specifically with Judo technique ("Ippon-sevinage").