The effort-pause relationship in the Marajoara Wrestling: the ethogram as an analysis model

Abstract

Introduction: One of the main problems faced by trainers in the universe of combat sports (CS) is related to the development of training methods to monitor the evolution of the athlete. Objective: To analyze, through an ethogram, the temporal structure and the relationship Effort: Pause (E) in Marajoara Wrestling (MW). Methodology: The study is descriptive and observational, where videos from the YouTube TM platform were used, involving MW tournaments held in municipalities of the Marajó Archipelago. The combats were analyzed based on an ethogram, consisting of categories of analysis and description of temporary elements of MW. The videos were analyzed using the DartFish EasyTag® mobile device application (version 2.2.10518.0), available for Android® and IOS® operating systems. Results and discussion: The analysis of the films evidenced the following average values for the temporality of MW: Pause time (sec), 42.2; Mourning time not alone, 39.9; Time to fight standing up, 49.8; Effort time, 89.6. Conclusion: The Eratio in MW is 2.1:1, while the stand:ground ratio is 1.2:1. It is hoped that the temporal analysis presented here may stimulate new investigations in the field, enabling comparisons for the increasingly faithful survey of organizational levels of behavior in MW.