Development of the drag measurement system during swimming for disabled swimmers

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K16487
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Sports science
• Research Institution: National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya
• Principal Investigator: TSUNOKAWA Takaaki 鹿屋体育大学, スポーツ・武道実践科学系, 講師 (00740078)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 抵抗 / 推進力 / 競泳 / クロール

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study was to construct the drag measurement system during swimming in the water channel, and to apply the system to disabled swimmers. The drag measurement was conducted in water channel during towing condition. As results, it could evaluate the relationship between the drag during front crawl swimming and body motions using this measurement system. Furthermore, from the measurement results, it was possible to clarify the advantage points and specific improvement points of each swimmer.

Free Research Field

水泳競技方法論