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- Title
Factors Influencing Performance in Bobsledding: I: Influences of the Bobsled Crew and the Environment.
- Abstract
The performance in bobsledding is influenced by several factors. This study concentrated on influences of the environment and the bobsled crew on the final time of a bobsled run. The analysis was performed with data collected during the four-man competition at the 1988 Winter Olympic Games in Calgary. It was shown that the start order, the ice temperature, and the push time together explain about 50% of the variance in the performance (∝=0.05). It is suggested that the existing rule conceming the start order in a heat be modified to guarantee a fair competition. Selected speed and turn time variables were shown to give an indication of the characteristics and the important sections of the bobsled track at Canada Olympic Park. It is speculated that the optimization of turn times is more important than the increase in speed in a turn.
- Subjects
CALGARY (Alta.); CANADA; BOBSLEDDING; OLYMPIC Winter Games (15th : 1988 : Calgary, Alta.); BOBSLEDDING techniques; BOBSLEDDING equipment
- Publication
International Journal of Sport Biomechanics, 1989, Vol 5, Issue 2, p208
- ISSN
0740-2082
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1123/ijsb.5.2.208