Training Management in Dancesport by Pierre Gider is a specialized study of methods for performance assessment and systematic training management in competitive dancesport. The book examines how dancers’ performance can be observed, evaluated, tested, and compared in order to support more structured training decisions.
The book begins with an introduction to dancesport, athletic performance, and dance-specific performance components. It examines different judging and evaluation systems used by national and international dancesport organizations and considers how competitive performance is assessed across both Standard and Latin disciplines.
A major part of the study focuses on performance analysis through observation and video-rating procedures. Individual evaluation areas include music, balance, movement execution, and dance characteristics. Results are compared between national and international couples, between male and female dancers, and across the five Standard and five Latin dances.
The book also investigates dancers through questionnaires covering general athletic abilities such as endurance, coordination, flexibility, speed, and strength, together with dance-specific abilities and the distribution of training time.
Another important section presents sport-motor performance tests, including the Cooper Test, Dance Squat Test, Toe Tap Speed Test, Dance Reach Test, and IDS Dance Test. The results of video ratings, questionnaires, and physical performance tests are then compared and analyzed for correlations.
With its research-oriented approach, Training Management in Dancesport provides useful material for coaches, competitive dancers, and sports science professionals interested in structured performance diagnostics, evaluation, and training management.
Contents / Main Topics
- Introduction and research methodology
- Introduction to dancesport
- Athletic performance
- General athletic performance
- Dance-specific performance components
- Different judging and evaluation systems
- Dancesport performance and performance assessment
- Performance analysis through observation
- Video-rating procedures
- Judging criteria and evaluation areas
- Music
- Balance
- Movement execution
- Dance characteristics
- Comparison of national and international couples
- Analysis of the five Standard dances
- Slow Waltz
- Tango
- Viennese Waltz
- Slow Foxtrot
- Quickstep
- Analysis of the five Latin dances
- Samba
- Cha-Cha-Cha
- Rumba
- Paso Doble
- Jive
- Comparison of male and female dancers
- Questionnaire-based assessment of dance couples
- Endurance
- Coordination
- Flexibility
- Speed
- Strength
- Dance-specific abilities
- Training volume and duration
- Sport-motor performance tests
- Cooper Test
- Dance Squat Test
- Toe Tap Speed Test
- Dance Reach Test
- IDS Dance Test
- Comparisons and correlations between assessment methods
- Judging guidelines from dancesport organizations
- Questionnaires, checklists, and testing protocols
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