Biorhythm And Iraqi Records In Athletics

Selaiman Ali Al-Hory, Okla

doi:10.33899/rajsport.2007.6192

	Biorhythm And Iraqi Records In Athletics
Al-Rafidain Journal For Sport Sciences
Article 8, Volume 13, Issue 45, 2007, Pages 143-159 PDF (0 K)
DOI: 10.33899/rajsport.2007.6192
Author
Okla Selaiman Ali Al-Hory
Abstract
The problem of the research was in answering the following question: What is the type of relationship between biorhythm cycles and Iraqi records in Athletics? As far as the researcher is concerned no other Iraq researcher tackled the Iraqi records before which haven’t been broken for 10-30 years. The Aims of the Study to identifying the biorhythm cycles (physical, psychological and cognitive) for athletic players in Iraq. The extent of correlation between the dates of records with the biorhythm cycles. The relationship between the date of achievement and the phases of the biorhythm between bottom and top and the intersection of these cycles. The research have two hypothesis, The date of achievement has a strong relationship with the positive intersections of the three biorhythmically cycles (physical, psychological and cognitive). The dates of records with the tops in biorhythm curves. The sample of research were (11) athletes who hold the records in the Iraqi Athletic Federation. The Roseanne concluded that seven records in (100m, 200m, 400m, 1500m, 3000m, 5000m, 10000m) were held during two cycles out of three in the positive phase while one of them was in the negative phase. And he recommendeal to teach coaches how to calculate the dates of the biorhythm cycles and using the guidance of a sport psychology consultant on all international athletes.
Keywords
Biorhythm; records; Athletics

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