Support leg action can contribute to maximal instep soccer kick performance: an intervention study

Autor: Simon Augustus, Neal Smith, Peter D. Mundy
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Journal of Sports Sciences. 35:89-98
ISSN: 1466-447X
0264-0414
DOI: 10.1080/02640414.2016.1156728
Popis: This investigation assessed whether a Technique Refinement Intervention designed to produce pronounced vertical hip displacement during the kicking stride could improve maximal instep kick performance. Nine skilled players (age 23.7 ± 3.8 years, height 1.82 ± 0.06 m, body mass 78.5 ± 6.1 kg, experience 14.7 ± 3.8 years; mean ± SD) performed 10 kicking trials prior to (NORM) and following the intervention (INT). Ground reaction force (1000 Hz) and three-dimensional motion analysis (250 Hz) data were used to calculate lower limb kinetic and kinematic variables. Paired t-tests and statistical parametric mapping examined differences between the two kicking techniques across the entire kicking motion. Peak ball velocities (26.3 ± 2.1 m · s−1 vs 25.1 ± 1.5 m · s−1) and vertical displacements of the kicking leg hip joint centre (0.041 ± 0.012 m vs 0.028 ± 0.011 m) were significantly larger (P
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