The planarity of the stickface motion in the field hockey hit
| Autor: | Alexander P. Willmott, Jesús Dapena |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Field hockey
Plane (geometry) Movement Pendulum Motion (geometry) Physical Therapy Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation Geometry Kinematics Models Biological Planarity testing Biomechanical Phenomena Sports Equipment Hockey Task Performance and Analysis Arm Humans Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Stroke (engine) Female Total least squares Least-Squares Analysis Simulation Mathematics |
| Zdroj: | Journal of sports sciences. 30(4) |
| ISSN: | 1466-447X |
| Popis: | The field hockey hit is an important but poorly understood stroke. In this study, we investigated the planarity of the stickface motion during the downswing to better characterize the kinematics and to assess the suitability of planar pendulum models for simulating the hit. Thirteen experienced female field hockey players were filmed executing hits with a single approach step, and the kinematics of the centre of the stickface were measured. A method was developed for identifying how far back from impact the stickface motion was planar. Orthogonal regression was used to fit least-squares planes to the stickface path during sections of the downswing of varying length, with each section ending at impact. A section was considered planar if the root mean square residual between the stickface path and the fitted plane was less than 0.25% of the distance travelled by the stickface during that period. On average, the stickface motion was planar for the last 83 ± 12% of its downswing path, with the length of the planar section ranging from 1.85 m to 2.70 m. The suitability of a planar model for the stickface motion was supported, but further investigation of the stick and arm kinematics is warranted. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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