ABILITY TO MAINTAIN AMPLITUDE WHILE PERFORMING CIRCLES ON POMMEL HORSE

Authors

Toshiyuki Fujihara, Osaka University of Health and Sport SciencesFollow
Takashi Kobayashi, Top Sports ClubFollow

Category

Gym sports

Document Type

Paper

Abstract

Amplitude is an important aspect for performing circles on a pommel horse, but the ability to maintain such amplitude over the course of a long performance, say, over 10 seconds, has not been studied. This study provides pilot data for the ability to perform many circles and maintain amplitude. In all, 28 gymnasts performed as many circles as possible on a pommel horse while maintaining as great an amplitude as possible. Kinematic data were recorded using a Kinect set above the pommel horse, and the head–toe distance on a horizontal plane was computed as an amplitude variable. As a result, the average number of circles was 46; only 25% of participants were able to perform over 50 circles. Even for them, it was difficult to maintain amplitude after 50^th repetitions, suggesting that 50 circles was a discriminative number for higher-level performance.

Recommended Citation

Fujihara, Toshiyuki and Kobayashi, Takashi (2018) "ABILITY TO MAINTAIN AMPLITUDE WHILE PERFORMING CIRCLES ON POMMEL HORSE," ISBS Proceedings Archive: Vol. 36: Iss. 1, Article 149.
Available at: https://commons.nmu.edu/isbs/vol36/iss1/149