Study on the Systematics of the Structures of Jumping Techniques in Aerobics Competitions

Abstract

This paper, drawing on the insights obtained from Kaneko’s notation theory in understanding the essential structures of jumping techniques in aerobics competitions, presents a diagram to systematize such techniques. The focus is on posture display techniques.

The study, to achieve this objective, first identifies all the jumping techniques listed in the scoring rules of aerobics competitions. These techniques are then classified into several groups of related techniques based on basic words. All the jumping techniques are classified into several groups according to “basic posture words” and “basic exercise words,” which are the basic words that indicate the basis for naming the basic form of the techniques. These structures are compared with one another based on the prescriptive words and arranged from simple to complex.

However, it is difficult to systematize the structures of jumping techniques by relying exclusively on the nature of the task of each technique identified in previous studies. In aerobics competitions, jumping techniques that involve twists include those that have different structures during the aerial phase to the final phase, and these techniques are executed differently. Thus, the acquisition of various techniques requires that their structures be compared from a technical standpoint. Therefore, this study also considers the technical components of exercise in examining the position of each of these techniques in their systematics.

The author believes that the systematization of the structures of the techniques will make it possible to clarify their systematics based on the nature of the task and technicality, which constitute the essential structures of the techniques. It is only on the basis of such systematics that the teaching of techniques can be organized and systematic and step-by-step teaching can be considered. The future goal, following the results of this study, is to present a system diagram for all jumping techniques and establish a teaching system that encompasses all of them.