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>>459957 Some texts such as the Weightlifting Yearbooks, for instance, do not print the authors references to save space and cut costs because, unlike the west where it is rather easy to get published, it was, relatively speaking, difficult to get published in the Soviet Union. However, the target audience in the former Soviet sport science community had access to the authors references if they wished to check the sources.
The relative inaccessibility of Soviet sport science literature was the Soviet bloc (especially East German) paranoia with regards to research as state secrets. Many white publications (individual research papers and summaries) authored by people like Matveyev, Verkhoshansky, and others were published by the universities where they taught and, consequently, were not available to, nor meant for the general public, let alone for western perusal.
2. There is no way to accurately and reliably evaluate their conclusions or methods, since they summarize their findings without providing any substantiating data. Again this is another false statement.
The Soviet sport scientists not only provide extensive data but with a uniqueness and specificity which was virtually unknown in the west. For instance, the Soviet sport classification system defines an athletes sport educational level in concrete terms of Class III, II, I, Master of Sport, and Master of Sport International Class.
Studies conducted with a specified number of Masters of Sport, Class I, and Masters of Sport International Class lend a unique specificity which is an accuracy not only to the data, but the conclusions as well, i.e., an experienced high class athlete will respond to training differently than the lower level athlete; the biomechanics of their techniques are different.
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