Surfing the Waves of the CMJ; Are There between-Sport Differences in the Waveform Data?
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The Rydberg Laboratory for Applied Sciences, School of Business, Engineering and Science, Halmstad University, SE-30118 Halmstad, Sweden
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Centre for Sport and Health Research, School of Health and Welfare, Halmstad University, SE-30118 Halmstad, Sweden
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Centre of Artificial Intelligence Research, School of Information Technology, Halmstad University, SE-30118 Halmstad, Sweden
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Sports 2018, 6(4), 168; https://doi.org/10.3390/sports6040168
Received: 4 October 2018
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Revised: 4 December 2018
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Accepted: 5 December 2018
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Published: 8 December 2018
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Kinetic Assessment of Vertical Jumping: Application to Training and Monitoring Athletes)
The ability to analyse countermovement jump (CMJ) waveform data using statistical methods, like principal component analysis, can provide additional information regarding the different phases of the CMJ, compared to jump height or peak power alone. The aim of this study was to investigate the between-sport force-time curve differences in the CMJ. Eighteen high level golfers (male = 10, female = 8) and eighteen high level surfers (male = 10, female = 8) performed three separate countermovement jumps on a force platform. Time series of data from the force platform was normalized to body weight and each repetition was then normalized to 0–100 percent. Principal component analyses (PCA) were performed on force waveforms and the first six PCs explained 35% of the variance in force parameters. The main features of the movement cycles were characterized by magnitude (PC1 and PC5), waveform (PC2 and PC4), and phase shift features (PC3). Surf athletes differ in their CMJ technique and show a greater negative centre of mass displacement when compared to golfers (PC1), although these differences are not necessarily associated with greater jump height. Principal component 5 demonstrated the largest correlation with jump height (R2 = 0.52). Further studies are recommended in this area, to reveal which features of the CMJ that relate to jumping performance, and sport specific adaptations.
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Parker, J.; Lundgren, L.E. Surfing the Waves of the CMJ; Are There between-Sport Differences in the Waveform Data? Sports 2018, 6, 168. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports6040168
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Parker J, Lundgren LE. Surfing the Waves of the CMJ; Are There between-Sport Differences in the Waveform Data? Sports. 2018; 6(4):168. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports6040168
Chicago/Turabian StyleParker, James, and Lina E. Lundgren. 2018. "Surfing the Waves of the CMJ; Are There between-Sport Differences in the Waveform Data?" Sports 6, no. 4: 168. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports6040168
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