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- Title
The Gliding and Push-off Technique of Male and Female Olympic Speed Skaters.
- Abstract
The 1988 Winter Olympic Games provided a unique opportunity to study large numbers of optimally prepared speed skaters during ideal ice and weather conditions for all the competitors (indoor Olympic Oval in Calgary). In this study a kinematic analysis was conducted of the gliding and push-off technique during the Men's and Ladies' 1,500-m and 5,000-m races. Statistical analysis showed that factors such as trunk position, preextension knee angle, and peak knee and hip angular velocities failed to correlate with mean lap speed. Within such a homogeneous group of elite athletes it was found that the higher work per stroke of the faster skaters was correlated to a longer gliding phase and a more horizontally directed push-off. All skaters showed plantar flexion at the end of the stroke, which is undesirable and indicates the complex nature of the gliding and push-off technique in speed skating.
- Subjects
WINTER sports; OLYMPIC Winter Games (15th : 1988 : Calgary, Alta.); SPEED skating; SKATING techniques; MUSCULOSKELETAL system; KNEE
- Publication
International Journal of Sport Biomechanics, 1989, Vol 5, Issue 2, p119
- ISSN
0740-2082
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1123/ijsb.5.2.119