IDO MOVEMENT FOR CULTURE

The author undertakes a rather courageous task of describing, analysing and criticising certain negative phenomena in the sport science; some wrong, one-sided or out-dated theories and some faulty ways of directing the process of training and conducting exercises by certain coaches. He enumerates certain wrong theories, attitudes, views of some authors and wrong views, attitudes and ways of conducting exercises by some coaches. He describes and criticises most typical errors both in theory and practice; functional fixation, ivory tower phenomenon, defence of dogmas, water-tight compartment, breaking through the open door and pseudo-scientific approach.
The functional fixation means applying completely out-dated theories, forms and methods of choosing and conducting exercises (methods which might have been "justified" in the past, but nowadays – taking into consideration new theories, new research, new objective data, new techniques – are completely obsolete). The coach teaches the way his coach used to teach 20 -30 years ago completely oblivious to the fact that new research and practical experience show low efficacy of old methods.
The ivory tower phenomenon means that a scientist lives, works, and thinks closed in an "ivory tower". He has no contact with the real world, real life and real conditions of todays ways of training and competing. His research, conclusions, advice and theories have no practical value whatsoever. The scientist in the "ivory tower" disregards completely actual needs and conditions of sport, coach's practical experience and pedagogical intuition, common sense – he has no contact with real life and athletics.
Defence of dogmas and water-tight compartment phenomena: the scientist or coach does not accept any new ideas, views, theories, practical experience, results of objective research but very subjectively and emotionally sticks to his firmly established views, ideas, attitudes, rejecting any new ideas, methods, theories without even trying to understand them well, analyse them and try to use in practice.
Breaking the open door phenomenon: The scientists performs very complicated, time consuming and expensive tests, including extremely complicated mathematical formula to prove ... what is already commonly and very well known and proved (e.g. "to obtain good results in high jump it is necessary to have ... very high level of strength and speed").
After the general introduction the author describes in detail first the "sins" of coaches, and then some wrong ideas and theories advocated by some sport scientists.
At the end of rather long article the author gives short and concise summary stressing the most important points.