Establishment of a quantitative evaluation of the kick-start technique in competitive swimming

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26750286
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Sports science
• Research Institution: Aichi Gakuin University
• Principal Investigator: Suito Hiroshi 愛知学院大学, 心身科学部, 准教授 (10513145)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 水泳 / キックスタート / バイオメカニクス / パフォーマンス / 速度・加速度

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between 100 m race time and 15 m time (start phase) in competitive swimming and to establish a quantitative evaluation system to capture the kick-start motion from take-off to after entry in the water.
It was found that there were significant relationships between the start phase and the swimming performance in the 100 m events (freestyle, breaststroke, backstroke and butterfly). On the other hand, although this study developed a system to capture the kick-start motion, it was suggested that quantitative evaluation of entry into the water phase was difficult.

Free Research Field

スポーツ科学