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quinta-feira, 31 de janeiro de 2013

IPC Shooting adopts new rule changes for 2013




IPC Shooting aims to increase the competitiveness for athletes and attractiveness for spectators by introducing new rule changes for 2013.
Abdulla Sultan Alaryani of The United Arab Emirates competes during the Men's R1-10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 Final


IPC Shooting, the International Federation for the sport of shooting for athletes with an impairment, has introduced a number of new rule changes for 2013 which will make the climax of competitions more exciting and dramatic for spectators and ensure athletes in some events need to be even more accurate with their shots to be successful.
Under the new rules, changes have been made to the format of finals whilst a trial of decimal scoring in all 10m Air Rifle and 50m Prone events has been introduced for 2013. All changes were approved by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Governing Board last weekend (25-27 January) at a meeting in Bonn, Germany and all adhere to the 2013 edition of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) rules.
The new format for finals will see all finalists start from zero points and not carry over their qualification score as they have done so previously. At different stages during the course of a final, athletes with the lowest score will be eliminated until there is a duel between the best two athletes to decide gold and silver medal position.
In addition to making competitions more exciting, it is hoped the trial of decimal scoring in 10m Air Rifle and 50m Prone events will help separate the top athletes in close competitions and provide a more accurate scoring system.
As the standard of the top athletes has improved in recent years, many athletes have regularly posted a maximum score.
This new system awards scores to one decimal place and should reduce the number of equal scores between athletes and virtually eliminate the decisive role that one close shot can play in deciding finalists or medallists.
Sarah Bond, IPC Shooting Sport Manager, said: “These are essential changes to take the sport of IPC Shooting to the next level in terms of competitiveness for athletes and attractiveness for spectators.
“Growing the sport is not just about increasing the number of athletes taking part worldwide. It is also about making it a more attractive property for spectators and fans which in turn can bring further benefits to the whole sport.
“The trial of decimal scoring is a huge compliment to the improving skill levels of athletes who regularly post maximum scores.
“Many shooting officials, athletes and coaches have recognised that in the Air Rifle and 50m Prone events there are so many high scores, particularly maximum scores of 400 or 600.
“In these events, there can be as many as 15 shooters who are tied on the maximum score, and face a shoot-off to decide who will make the Final. Decimal scoring will add up to another 54 points for contention in competition, and will virtually eliminate ties and the decisive role that one close shot can play in deciding finalists.”
IPC Shooting is also expected to make an announcement in the next few days regarding the whereabouts of the 2013 IPC Shooting European Championships which will be the first major gathering of international athletes since the London 2012 Paralympic Games.
For further information, please visit www.ipc-shooting.org.
Posted By Thom Erik Syrdahl
Source: http://www.paralympic.org/news/ipc-shooting-adopts-new-rule-changes-2013







sábado, 19 de janeiro de 2013

MINISTÉRIO DOS ESPORTES INFORMA


É uma informação importante para o nosso esporte, pois envolve 
uma pessoa com bastante conhecimento do esporte do Tiro Esportivo, pelos anos que atuou como atleta e também seu conhecimento adquirido como treinador, por muitos anos, dos atletas do brasileiros Tiro. Além de toda essa bagagem esportiva Silvio Aguiar também agrega grande conhecimento na área de Psicologia esportiva e pós graduação em Neurociências Aplicadas. 
Estamos começando um longa caminhada rumo as Olimpíadas no Rio de Janeiro e tenho certeza que o Tiro Esportivo brasileiro dará uma grande contribuição aos Jogos de 2016.
Thom Erik Syrdahl



18/01/2013 às 16h23 - Neurociência será usada em treinamento para aprimorar atletas de tiro esportivo   
Os atletas brasileiros do tiro esportivo poderão contar com mais um importante auxílio para melhorar seu desempenho. Entre os dias 29 de janeiro e 3 de fevereiro, durante o primeiro Treinamento Centralizado de 2013 (TC1), no Rio de Janeiro,  eles poderão participar de um exercício com Neurofeedback (NFB). A avaliação será conduzida pelo psicólogo e pós-graduando em Neurociências Aplicadas Silvio de Aguiar Carvalho, e tem como objetivo identificar as áreas do cérebro utilizadas pelos atletas na prática do esporte e melhorar o desempenho de alto rendimento.

O NFB consiste em uma avaliação da atividade cerebral do atleta em seis regiões e em situações específicas. Após isso, são identificadas as áreas cerebrais do atleta que precisam ser trabalhadas e é elaborado um programa individual de treinamento. “Os atletas brasileiros do judô em Londres tiveram uma experiência rápida com o processo, mas essa é a primeira vez que este tipo de treinamento será utilizado pelos atletas do tiro esportivo. O processo já é bastante utilizado no exterior e apresentou resultados importantes em um período curto de tempo”, afirma Silvio, que conta ainda com sua experiência como atleta no estudo: ele representou o Brasil nos Jogos Olímpicos de Moscou (1980) e de Los Angeles (1984), também no tiro esportivo, e atua como técnico da modalidade desde 2004.

“Se você analisar os 30 melhores do mundo no tiro esportivo, por exemplo, o nível técnico é praticamente o mesmo. O que diferencia o desempenho dos atletas em competições é a capacidade de reproduzir os resultados dos treinamentos. Muitas vezes o atleta não chega a um resultado porque está ansioso ou não consegue se concentrar. Esse treinamento visa trabalhar também a parte psicológica, que reflete diretamente no alto rendimento” ressalta o psicólogo.

O treinamento é elaborado com base no conhecimento de condicionamento operante, em que inconscientemente o cérebro oferece uma resposta para alcançar um benefício. Assim, a experiência é desenvolvida com vídeos e áudios que se tornam agradáveis a cada resposta positiva da atividade cerebral. 

Segundo Silvio, a técnica já é utilizada por atletas de elite nos principais centros de treinamento do mundo: o ucraniano Serguei Bubka, do salto com vara, é um dos pioneiros na utilização do NFB, e o primeiro medalhista da Índia em Jogos Olímpicos no tiro esportivo também teve experiências com a técnica. “O ideal é que o treinamento dos atletas de alto rendimento seja psicofisiológico e o NFB é o mais próximo que temos disso”, completa o psicólogo.

Experiência brasileira
A atiradora Roberta Boldrini já participou da avaliação e de duas sessões do NFB. Ela afirma que o processo veio para complementar o treinamento. “Com poucas sessões já notei diferença, principalmente na concentração. No tiro precisamos ter muita atenção e espero que, ao final do treino, consiga me concentrar por mais tempo e melhorar a minha segurança”, ressalta a atleta. “Esse é o início desse trabalho, que tem como objetivo desenvolver as áreas cerebrais de interesse para o esporte”, finaliza Silvio.
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Postado por Thom Erik Syrdahl

domingo, 6 de janeiro de 2013

Definitions and Abreviations of terms used in the ISSF Rules




RULE NUMBERING
All ISSF Rules are numbered according to a rule numbering protocol that limits rule numbers to four (4) levels (i.e. 6.10.3.5).  Bulleted rules are also used to facilitate   additional rule sub-levels.  If reference is made to a bulleted rule, a letter designating the place of the bulleted rule in the bulleted list should be used (i.e. use 6.10.3.5 d to designate the fourth bulleted rule in a list)
Definitions and Abbreviations
The following are definitions of special terms and abbreviations that are used in the ISSF General Technical Rules and the ISSF Rifle, Pistol, Shotgun and Running Target Rules.

Term
Definition
Athetes
Competitors or participants in a sports competition.
Athletes in the sport of Shooting are sometimes called shooters
Championship
A single organized shooting competition with a program of events. A Championship (capital C) is a competition that is authorized and supervised by ISSF rules,Technical Delegates, Juries and anti-doping controls
Competition
A general reference to a sports contest that may include a series of events (Championship) or may be a contest within a single event.
Course of Fire
A description of the stages of competition within an event that specifies the number of shots in each series and stage, the type of firing and the time limits.
CRO
Chief Range Officer
Discipline
A sub-group of events within a sport that have common characteristics. Shooting has four (4) disciplines:
1) Rifle, 2) Pistol, 3) Shotgun and 4) Running Target.
EST
Electronic scoring targets
Event
A unique Shooting contest with a specific course of fire and rules of conduct. Shooting has 15 Olympic events.
The ISSF also recognizes many additional events for individual and team competitions for open and junior age groups.
FOP
Field of Play. In Shooting, the FOP includes the area behind the firing line where access is restricted to competing athletes and on duty officials, the firing line or shooting stations and the downrange area that includes the targets and backstops or safety zone.
MARCH Shots
Scoring or record shots. Shots that count in an athlete’s score.
Min
Minute, minutes
Round
A phase of competition for a Shooting event. Shooting events may have Elimination Rounds, Qualification Rounds and Finals
Sec.
Second, seconds
Series
A sequence of shots fired within a stage or course of fire.
Most Shooting events have 10-shot series; 25m Pistol events have 5-shot series; Shotgun events have 25 or 30 target series. Series in Shotgun events are often called rounds.
Sighting Shots
Practice or warm-up shots that are fired in a Shooting event  prior to MATCH shots.
Sport
A distinct grouping of competitive events with common elements and a single governing body. Shooting (capital S) is a “sport” where athletes in different events fire guns at targets that rank competing athletes according to their scores. The IOC recognizes Shooting as one of 28 Summer Olympic sports.

Posted by Thom Erik Syrdahl
Sources, ISSF Official Rules and Regulations EDITION 2013 (First Print, 11/2012)
Effective 1st JANUARY 2013


sábado, 5 de janeiro de 2013

To Athletes, and Officials




Although this bulletin was issued in November 2012, I’m posting it now as an important advice to alert everyone to the new rules, it contains important information’s about changes in the Rules and Regulations of shooting competitions and it should be known by all athletes and officials. The new Rule Book can be accessed by everyone on the ISSF website and it is important that all are aware of these changes, and bee prepared to compete by the new Rules, because soon we will have the start of the World Cups series of 2013.
Thom Erik Syrdahl

The new rules feature many important changes designed to increase Shooting’s appeal to youth and make it more spectator and media friendly, as well as to keep competitions fair and equal.

New Shooting Finals start from zero, feature eliminations, and end up in a duel
Major changes include new Finals for all Olympic events. The new rules contain new Finals formats for all Olympic events where all finalists start from zero. This means that qualification’s score will not be carried into the final anymore, making the scoring system immediately understandable for the spectators.Furthermore, all Finals feature eliminations, and end with duels between the two best athletes to decide the gold and silver medals. This step was taken to engage a worldwide public by attracting spectators and fans through an appealing and easily understandable competition format.  Detailed rules for all new Finals are included in the 2013 Rules which are already published on the ISSF website.  These new Finals will be used in all 2013 ISSF Championships. The new ISSF Rules also include small increases in difficulty in Skeet and Double Trap, the separation of sighting and match firing in 10m and 50m rifle and pistol events, a new position order for 50m Rifle 3 Positions events and a provisional test of decimal scoring for 10m Air Rifle and 50m Prone Rifle events. The Final for the 50m Rifle 3 Positions events is now a 3 Positions Final, not a one-position Final like it use to be, and will include changing times from one position to the other. New skill elements like reverse doubles on stations 3 and 5 in Skeet and making rapid position changes in 3-position rifle Finals will add interest. Both 25m Pistol Finals will use hit-miss scoring to encourage more spontaneous spectator reactions.

Decimal Scoring for 10m Air Rifle and 50m Prone Rifle. 
With so many highly skilled athletes competing in these events today, it has become even more important to have qualification competitions that truly advance the best athletes to the Finals.  Making it to the final is frequently a matter of one shot that scores a 10.0 or a 9.9; the difference between making or not making a Final can be less than one-fourth of a millimeter on that one shot.  Decimal scoring virtually eliminates the decisive role that one close shot can play in deciding finalists and provides a far more accurate way to decide the best shooters in the qualification. The ISSF plans to use decimal scoring in the 10m Air Rifle Men, 10m Air Rifle Women and 50m Prone Rifle Men events in the 2013 World Cups.  This will be evaluated at the end of the 2013 Championship season and decisions will then be made on whether to use decimal scoring for those events on a permanent basis or to use decimal scoring for all 10m and 50m elimination and qualification competitions.  Decimal scoring requires either electronic scoring targets or electronic scoring for paper targets.  National federations or shooting clubs are not required to use decimal scoring, but many that have electronic scoring available will find that it adds fairness and interest to these events. In addition to these changes, the position order in 50m 3 Positions Rifle is changed from prone-standing-kneeling to kneeling-prone-standing to bring the qualification order in line with the order that will be followed in 3-position rifle Finals.

Shotgun events are changing
Both Skeet and Double Trap qualification rounds have changes designed to add additional difficulty to these events that now have so many high scores.  The target throwing distance in Skeet is increased from 66m +/- 1m to 68m +/- 1m.  In addition, the firing order is changed so that the two station 4 doubles will be fired after station 7 and just before station 8.  This means that the most difficult targets must be shot near the end of a round of Skeet instead of in the middle.  Double Trap qualification is changed from three series of 50 targets (25 pair) or three series of 40 targets for women to five series of 30 targets (15 pair) for men and four series of 30 targets for women.  What makes Double Trap more difficult is that random schemes will now be used to determine the target combinations that are thrown (scheme A, B or C). 

Changes in Rifle Equipment Rules 
The 2013 Rules include many small changes regarding rifle clothing and equipment. The ISSF objective in adopting these changes is two-fold:  1) to limit the use of performance-enhancing clothing and equipment while maximizing the tests of skill, training and performance in rifle events, and 2) to keep competition conditions as equal as possible for all rifle shooters. These changes were made because the ISSF feels recent trends in the development of Rifle clothing, equipment and accessories are in danger of going too far in providing performance-enhancing capabilities. The 2013 ISSF Rules place reasonable limits on how far the development of performance-enhancing rifle equipment can go.

Separate Sighting and Match Firing Periods
Sighting shots are part of the pre-competition warm-up process in Shooting. The new rules require sighting shots to be fired in a 15-minute “Preparation and Sighting Period” before competition or match firing starts. This new change will eliminate confusion for spectators, by completing warm-ups before the competition starts. 

New ISSF Rulebook
The new 2013 ISSF Rulebook, which will be effective from the 1st of January 2013 and used for all the 2013 ISSF World Cup Stages, is available for download at: http://www.issf-sports.org/theissf/rules/english_rulebook.ashx

Posted by Thom Erik Syrdahl
Sources: ISSF website, Top News – official communications  23-11-2012
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