Introduction
This assignment aims to report the anthrometry affect in jump height between males and females for both squat jump and countermovement jump. By analysing collected kinetic data from participants, by assessing flight time, and timing of the touch down for each participant.
Jumping is one of the fundamental movements that a child learns after walking (Adrian & Cooper 1995). Anderson & Pandy (1993) study said it has been shown that subjects achieve a greater jump height in a countermovement jump, where they start from a vertical position that when in a squatted position, this is true even if body configuration at the start of push off is the same. In many sports jump height is vital in sports like basketball or football. The most common ways of testing height is with a countermovement jump or a squat jump (Acero, Fernandez-del-olmo & Sanchez 2012). These are the two jumps that we are going to focus on.
Method
Subjects
Ten participants (aged 19-21) all of which were studying sports science at university, five female (mean average body mass of 64kg) and five male (mean average body mass of 76kg) were asked to perform a series of different jumps. The participants are all sports performers, and do a range of sports, including, football, basketball and rugby, which some require a good level of jumping ability. Each subject had a trial run of both jumps, so they could get positioning, for each squat accurate.
Procedure
As the subjects do these jumps, jump height and force production were measured. A Kistler 9286B force plate was used alongside a Perform Better, jump mat to collect results for the experiment. The data was collected from the force plate on to a computer, (software used is called Bioware) that showed ...
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