FORCE DEVELOPMENT PROFILE OF THE LOWER LIMBS IN THE GRAB AND TRACK START IN SWIMMING

Authors

  • Nat Benjanuvatra
  • Andrew Lyttle
  • Brian Blanksby
  • Dawne Larkin

Keywords:

swimming, track start, grab start, kinetics, asymmetry

Abstract

Left and right ground reaction forces of 9 male and 7 female national and international level swimmers were measured during grab and track starts. Analysis of temporal, kinetic and velocity measures indicated that while swimmers left the block faster in the track start, grab starts enabled swimmers to generate greater vertical impulses and take-off velocities. No significant differences were found in the horizontal impulses and the time to 6m between the two starts. Left and right force profiles were examined qualitatively to identify key points related to force development strategies and lateral asymmetry

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Published

2008-03-25

Issue

22 International Symposium on Biomechanics in Sports (2004)

Section

Methodology

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