A case study on ground reaction forces in sprint hurdles

The purpose of this case study was to investigate characteristics of ground reaction forces in sprint hurdles. Four male Japanese hurdlers participated in this study. The 1-cycle motions from 5th to 6th hurdles were videotaped with two high-speed cameras (300Hz) and ground reaction forces were measured (1000Hz). The hurdler who had smaller horizontal velocity of CG during hurdling had large braking time, which increases impulses of both horizontal and vertical components at 1st step. Therefore, maintaining large horizontal velocity during hurdling seems to be one of the important factors in sprint hurdles.
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Bibliographic Details
Subjects:
Notations:training science biological and medical sciences strength and speed sports
Published in:ISBS - Conference Proceedings Archive (Konstanz)
Language:English
Published: Porto International Society of Biomechanics in Sports 2011
Online Access:http://w4.ub.uni-konstanz.de/cpa/article/view/4896
Volume:29
Issue:1
Pages:559-562
Document types:electronical journal
Level:advanced