BIOMECHANICAL ANALYSIS OF TIRE FLIPPING WITH TIRES OF DIFFERENT MASSES AND THEIR POTENTIAL SPECIFICITY TO SPRINTING

Authors

Brian R. Biggs, Lakeland UniversityFollow
Hunter L. Frisk, Lakeland UniversityFollow
Megan E. Gold, Lakeland UniversityFollow
William P. Ebben, Lakeland UniversityFollow

Category

Strength & Conditioning

Document Type

Paper

Abstract

This study compared the kinetics of tire flipping with different mass tires and sprinting to evaluate the potential specificity of this training stimulus. Subjects (N=15) performed tire flips with a 54.3 kg tire, a 102.1 kg tire, and sprinted on two large force platforms. Dependent variables included peak horizontal ground reaction force (HGRF), peak vertical GRF (VGRF), horizontal to vertical GRF ratio (H:V), and rate of vertical GRF development (VRFD). A RM ANOVA was used to analyze the data. Significant main effects were found for all dependent variables (p ≤ 0.03). Post-hoc analysis showed that the tires were different (p ≤ 0.04) for all dependent variables except for VRFD (p = 0.99). Post-hoc analysis showed that the 54.3 kg tire was more similar to the kinetics of sprinting for HGRF, VGRF, and H:V. Only tire flipping with a lighter tire was similar to key kinetic parameters of sprinting.

Recommended Citation

Biggs, Brian R.; Frisk, Hunter L.; Gold, Megan E.; and Ebben, William P. (2022) "BIOMECHANICAL ANALYSIS OF TIRE FLIPPING WITH TIRES OF DIFFERENT MASSES AND THEIR POTENTIAL SPECIFICITY TO SPRINTING," ISBS Proceedings Archive: Vol. 40: Iss. 1, Article 18.
Available at: https://commons.nmu.edu/isbs/vol40/iss1/18