Effect of Olympic Weight Category on Performance in the Roundhouse Kick to the Head in Taekwondo

• Authors: Isaac Estevan , Coral Falco , Octavio Álvarez , Javier Molina-García
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

In taekwondo, kick performance is generally measured using impact force and time. This study aimed to analyse performance in the roundhouse kick to the head according to execution distance between and within Olympic weight categories. The participants were 36 male athletes divided into three categories: featherweight (n = 10), welterweight (n = 15) and heavyweight (n = 11). Our results show that taekwondo athletes in all weight categories generate a similar relative impact force. However, the results indicate that weight has a large impact on kick performance, particularly in relation to total response time.

Keywords

EN

biomechanics; taekwondo combat; execution distance; body mass

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Journal of Human Kinetics
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 31
• Pages: 37-43

Dates

published

1 - 3 - 2012

online

3 - 4 - 2012

Contributors

author

Isaac Estevan

• Department of Management and Applied Sciences in Physical Activity and Sport, Catholic University of Valencia, Spain

author

Coral Falco

• Department of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences, Catholic University of Valencia. Valencia, Spain

author

Octavio Álvarez

• Department of Social Psychology, University of Valencia. Valencia, Spain

author

Javier Molina-García

• Department of Teaching of Musical, Visual and Corporal Expression, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10078-012-0004-x