Take-off analysis of the Olympic ski jumping competition (HS-106 m)

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1095-1101

  Virmavirta, Mikko ^a   Isolehto, Juha ^a   Komi, Paavo ^a   Schwameder, Hermann ^b   Pigozzi, Fabio ^c   Massazza, Giuseppe ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ski jumping; Take off; Winter Olympic Games

Indexed keywords

AIR RESISTANCES; BODY MOVEMENTS; EXPOSURE-TIME; HIGH ALTITUDES; HIGH-SPEED CAMERAS; HIP JOINTS; IN-RUN VELOCITIES; OLYMPICS; SKI JUMPING; WIND CONDITIONS; WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES;

COMPETITION; GAME THEORY; GAS DYNAMICS; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; TAKEOFF;

SKI JUMPS;

AIR; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY MOVEMENT; CAMERA; COMPETITION; FRICTION; HIP; HUMAN; JUMPING; POSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIING; SPORT; TIME; VELOCITY; WIND;

BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; SKIING; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 67349252532     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2009.02.026     Document Type: Article

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