CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN OPTIMIZING PHYSICAL TRAINING: IMPACT ON COMPETITIVE PERFORMANCES IN DANCE SPORT

Abstract

These instructions are formulated for presenting the template used for editing the articles for the scientific journal Bulletin of Transilvania University of Braşov. The material presents the camera ready form of the articles. The abstract should synthetically outline all the pertinent results, in a short but intelligible form. The abstract should begin through clearly stating the purpose of the paper and should end by formulating the most important conclusions. There will be used short, direct and complete sentences, written in a single paragraph, without “tab”-s. The abstract will have 7...10 lin The arbitration criteria in sport dance, established by the WDSF and FRDS regulations, form the basis for the activities that referees undertake to assess the technical, artistic, and sports performance quality of dance couples. The research aims to analyze the results of 16 Romanian dancers (aged 15-18) in official competitions, specifically the finalist couples of the National Section Championship, Youth Latin – 2022. This includes their participation and results at DanceMasters, Bucharest 2022 – WDSF Open Youth Latin, WDSF World Championship – 2022, WDSF European Championship – 2022 (for the two couples representing Romania), and the National Section Championship, Youth Latin – 2023, considering their placement in the competition, performance in the rumba dance, and the scores awarded by each judge in the competition jury. Using IBM SPSS Statistics 20, we compared the results recorded from one competition to another throughout a competitive year, specifically between National Section Championships. The analysis highlights the importance of close collaboration between physical preparation and athletes’ performance. The obtained results demonstrate the validity of the working hypothesis that the dynamics of performances in national and international competitions can effectively influence the physical training efficiency of sports dancers.