FORCE OUTPUT AND HIP MOVEMENT WHILE FLUTTER KICKING WITH VARIATIONS OF KICKBOARD SUPPORT

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  • Melissa A. Kralik
  • Randall L. Jensen

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swimming##common.commaListSeparator## hip roll##common.commaListSeparator## kicking force

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Nine experienced swimmers completed two trials of 30 s of all-out kicking while holding onto one of three types of kickboards or without a board. Kicking force was measured via a force platform and hip roll via kinematic video anaylsis. The findings of the current study indicate that not using a kickboard results in greater kicking force than any of the three kickboards, which did not differ. Hip roll did not differ across the conditions (p>0.05). Based on the results of the present study, when seeking to overload the legs during kicking training, use of a kickboard may not be indicated.

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2007-12-12

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25 International Symposium on Biomechanics in Sports (2007)

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Muscle-Skeleton-Mechanics

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Authors can retain copyright, while granting the International Society of Biomechanics in Sports (ISBS) the right of first publication.