On the competitive form and its characteristics XIONG Yan
(Department of Physical Education,Jingzhou Normal University,Jingzhou 434020 China) Abstract: The theses probes into the definition of competitive form an d its characteristics.It points out that competitive form is preparation form f or athletics to take part in training and competition,which is a changing of co mpetitive capacity in time and space stage.It also analyses the general and eve nt-group characteristics of competitive form which includes periodicity,relativ ity and controllable. Key words:competitive form; cycle training theory; event-gro up