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Aljoša Arlov
University of Novi-Sad, Serbia
Supervisor: Janos Kopas, professor
Specific Strength in the Function of Pistol Shooting Precision
Firearms are a legitimate means of coercion available to police officers, but also a sports
requisite in shooting disciplines. Short firearms are the most represented in practical shooting
and the shooting precision is one of the important elements in defining the complete
successfulness of a shooter. This research has made an attempt to determine the contribution
of monitored motoric capability to defining the characteristics of groups formed based on the
precision of shooting from CZ99 pistol. The sample included 158 basic police trainees,
divided into five groups according to the achieved shooting precision. Maximum muscle force
achieved at isolated movements was established for all groups:
- hand grip of both non-dominant and dominant hands – respectively;
- both hands grip in the position of simulated double-hand pistol grip;
- dominant hand index finger bending in the position of simulated pulling of the trigger;
- hip joint stretching and
- knee joint stretching, as an indicator of specific strength of the trainees – shooters.
The results of the analyses suggest the existence of statistically important differences (p=.000)
among the groups formed according to the precision criterion and with reference to the
monitored motoric capability. The features of maximum muscle force detected at the nondominant
hand grip (29.598%), the force of dorsal-lumbar musculature (28.753%) and the
detected force of dominant hand index finger bending in the position of simulated pulling of
the trigger (16.279%) contribute the most to defining the characteristics of the respective
groups. Higher levels of quality of the monitored motoric capability are the dominant
characteristics of precise trainees – shooters.
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