Abstract
The purpose of this study was to analyse stiffness in the mechanical system of the world’s elite high jumpers. Seven male elite high jump athletes (personal best 2.24 m ± 0.06 m) were filmed with 19 Infrared-High-Speed-Cameras during jumping. Kinetics were captured with a force plate. It was found that a different leg and joint stiffness during take-off enables nearly the same jumping height. For example, a typical power jumper with a leg stiffness of 543.6 Nm-1kg-1 reached 2.13 m, while a typical speed jumper with a leg stiffness of 1133.5 Nm-1kg-1 reached a comparable height of 2.12 m. Therefore, it seems that sports performance in single leg jumping is not limited by athlete’s leg and joint stiffness in a small group of male elite high jumpers.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Conference proceedings : 35th Conference of the International Society of Biomechanics in Sports |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Publisher | International Society of Biomechanics in Sports |
| Publication date | 2017 |
| Pages | 748-750 |
| Publication status | Published - 2017 |
| Event | Conference of the International Society of Biomechanics in Sports - Cologne, Germany Duration: 14.06.2017 → 18.06.2017 Conference number: 35 |