EFFECTS OF STARTING BLOCK WIDTH SPACING ON SPRINTING KINEMATICS

Jesse Rhoades; Alfred Finch; Gideon Ariel

EFFECTS OF STARTING BLOCK WIDTH SPACING ON SPRINTING KINEMATICS

Jesse Rhoades
Alfred Finch
Gideon Ariel

Keywords: start blocks, sprint, kinematics

Abstract

This study examined the effect of relative lateral foot placement when using modified Fusion starting blocks on the sprint running kinematics for the first four steps out of the blocks.

Published

2007-11-09

Issue

24 International Symposium on Biomechanics in Sports (2006)

Section

Equipment / Instrumentation

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