Srategy Actions to reduce the Effects of the Environmental Pressures influencing the Sport Performance of Judo Athletes (Original)

Abstract

Recent data has shown that even in Olympic Games the athlete can lose a medal, a positive result due to the effects exerted by environmental pressures. The objective of this research is to propose a group of strategic actions to diminish the effects of environmental pressures in a judo team in Pinar del Río, Cuba. In order to carry out this study, a documentary review, a survey to athletes and an interview to Judo coaches were applied. It was demonstrated that all the pressures proposed in the study have a relative incidence in the state of opinion of the athletes, but it is the public pressure that most concerns the athletes. As a product of contribution to the solution of the scientific problem, a group of strategic actions is proposed that are directed to treat the pressures that most affect the athletes under study and also to foresee some consequences that could be caused by a deficient treatment of other environmental pressures.