EVALUATION OF JUMPING ABILITY BETWEEN HIGH LEVEL MALE AND FEMALE ATHLETES

Giannoulaki Chrysoula; Giannoulaki Anastasia; Koutidis Alexandros; Komsis Stergios; Bekris Evangelos; Gioldasis Aristotelis; Gissis Ioannis

Volume : IV, Issue : IX, September - 2015

EVALUATION OF JUMPING ABILITY BETWEEN HIGH LEVEL MALE AND FEMALE ATHLETES

Giannoulaki Chrysoula, Giannoulaki Anastasia, Koutidis Alexandros, Komsis Stergios, Bekris Evangelos, Gioldasis Aristotelis, Gissis Ioannis

Abstract :

<p>The evaluation of jumping ability is very important for elite athletes. H jumping ability, directly related to athletics, having variable is essential for achieving a high&ndash;performance sports. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the jumping ability in top&ndash;level athletes in relationship to their sex. In this research participated 12 track and field athletes especially runners and jumpers (6 men and 6 women) with distinctions in sport. The instruments used were a force platform or forceplate (Kistler force plate) to measure jumping ability. To measure the jumping ability athletes were making vertical jumps (drop jump and squat jump). The survey was conducted in the laboratory of Sports Biomechanics (SBL) of Physical Education and Sport Sciences Department of Serres. The results showed that there were statistically significant differences between men and women, in the maximum power of the vertical jump (drop jump), in the maximum power of the vertical jump (squat jump), the maximum drop in the squat jump, the speed at takeoff during the squat jump, and the time duration of the vertical jump (squat jump)</p>