Changes in long jump take-off technique with increasing run-up speed

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 889-897

  Bridgett, Lisa A ^a   Linthorne, Nicholas P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Athletics; Long jump; Sports biomechanics; Take off angle

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JUMPING; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION; SPORT; VELOCITY; VIDEORECORDING;

ACCELERATION; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RUNNING; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 33745908870     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640410500298040     Document Type: Article

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