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- Title
Wheelchair Racquetball: A Preliminary Time Motion Analysis.
- Authors
Higgs, Colin
- Abstract
Wheelchair racquetball players in the A and B divisions of the 1989 Canadian Racquetball Championships were videotaped and their performances were analyzed. The results indicated that the athletes had an exercise-to-pause ratio of 1:1.5 at the A level and 1:2.3 at the B level. Rallies were slightly longer at the higher level, with substantially longer pause periods at the B level. There was a higher percentage of longer rallies at the A level, although both divisions of play had comparable percentages of forehand and backhand shots. A-level players demonstrated greater distances covered per rally, greater wheelchair speed, and a higher degree of wheelchair maneuverability measured by the number and magnitude of directional changes. In particular, A-level players showed a greater tendency to use small directional corrections, particularly turns to the right of less than 45 Mt is suggested that this action allowed a less restricted backhand for powerful forehand shots.
- Subjects
RACQUETBALL techniques; RACQUETBALL; WHEELCHAIRS; VIDEO recording; SPEED; SPORTS
- Publication
Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly, 1990, Vol 7, Issue 4, p370
- ISSN
0736-5829
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1123/apaq.7.4.370