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- Title
A Study in the Correlation between Hammer Throw and Weight Throw Performance and Development for U.S. Collegiate Throwers.
- Authors
Babbitt, Donald G.
- Abstract
Performance results of three hundred and two (151 men and 151 women) collegiate hammer/weight throwers were analyzed to determine the correlation be between hammer throw and weight throw performance. Statistical analysis showed a significant correlation between hammer and weight throw performance for both genders (r=.7521, p<.001 for men, and r=.5219, p<.001 for women). Results for both genders were scrutinized to see how closely they followed a theoretical correlation, in which the slope is y=x, and r=1, where hammer throw performance in meters (x) will equal weight throw performance measured in feet (y). Results suggest that the trend lines generated by actual performance data show a strong correlation between collegiate male hammer throw and weight performances that more closely resembles the theoretical trend line when compared with that for collegiate female hammer/weight throwers.
- Subjects
UNITED States; HAMMER throwing; HAMMER throwers (Athletes); WEIGHT throwing; ATHLETIC ability testing; COLLEGE athletes; STATISTICAL correlation
- Publication
International Journal of Coaching Science, 2017, Vol 11, Issue 2, p20
- ISSN
1975-8286
- Publication type
Article