Kinematics Analysis: Number of Trials Necessary to Achieve Performance Stability during Soccer Instep Kicking

• Authors: Mohammadtaghi Amiri-Khorasani , Noor Osman , Ashril Yusof
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The purpose of this study was to investigate the stability of kinematics responses related to stretch shortening cycle (SSC) during 10 consecutive soccer instep kicks. The kicking motions of dominant legs were captured from five experienced adult male soccer players (body height: 184.60 ± 4.49 cm; body mass: 80 ± 4.24 kg; age: 25.60 ± 1.14 years) using a three-dimensional infra-red high speed camera at 200 Hz. Some important kinematic parameters include eccentric angular velocity (AVe), concentric angular velocity (AVc), duration of eccentric (Te), and duration of concentric (Tc) at forward and impact phases selected to analyses. The AVe result of the sixth kick, relative to the first kick, was significantly lower when compared to the other kicks (with p ≤ 0.001). The AVc result of the fifth kick, relative to the first kick, was significantly lower when compared to the other kicks (with p ≤ 0.001). The Te result of the fourth kick, relative to the first kick, was significantly lower when compared to the other kicks (with p ≤ 0.011). The Tc result of the fifth kick, relative to the first kick, was significantly lower when compared to the other kicks (p ≤ 0.029). We concluded that 5 consecutive kicks are adequate to achieve high kinematic responses related to SSC.

Keywords

EN

Angular velocity; Concentric; Eccentric; Soccer instep Kicking

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Journal of Human Kinetics
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 23
• Pages: 15-19

Dates

published

1 - 1 - 2010

online

24 - 5 - 2010

Contributors

author

Mohammadtaghi Amiri-Khorasani

• Sport Centre, University of Malaya, Malaysia

author

Noor Osman

• Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Malaya, Malaysia

author

Ashril Yusof

• Sport Centre, University of Malaya, Malaysia

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10078-010-0002-9