Locomotor control in the long jump approach run in young novice athletes

Panteli, Flora; Theodorou, Apostolos; Pilianidis, Theophilos; Smirniotou, Athanasia

doi:10.1080/02640414.2013.810344

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“…However, contrary to the third part of our first hypotheses, we found no correlation between intrinsic-dynamic visual spatial-ability (mental rotation) and the respective sporting performance (long jump) according to the taxonomy of Pietsch (2018). One reason for this result might be that the technical abilities of long jumping are not highly developed in primary school-aged children (Panteli, Theodorou, Pilianidis, & Smirniotou, 2014). At this point, they might not be able to shift their body's centre of gravity during takeoff or the position of their upper body during the landing but remain in an upright position during the whole jump (Bridgett & Linthorne, 2005).…”

Section: Relation Between Sports and Spatial Abilitiescontrasting

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Sports and mathematical abilities in primary school-aged children: How important are spatial abilities? An explorative study

Jansen

Pietsch

2020

Curr Psychol

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It is well known that sports and mathematical abilities are related to spatial abilities, also a relation between sport and mathematical abilities is assumed. However, the relation between all three aspects has not been investigated until now. Therefore, the main goal of the study is to examine the relationship between sport, spatial and mathematical ability in elementary school aged children. 50 boys and 42 girls from third grade solved spatial and sport tasks, which can be differentiated into the following: intrinsic-dynamic, intrinsic-static and extrinsic-static. Furthermore, their performances in mathematical (separated into numerical/arithmetical and geometrical) abilities were analyzed. The results showed significant correlations between the static spatial and sporting activities. This correlation is due to the strong correlation within the group of girls. Furthermore, a good performance in the intrinsic-spatial ability was related to a high geometrical ability of the children, especially in boys. However, the geometrical ability could not be predicted by sport abilities.

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Sports and mathematical abilities in primary school-aged children: How important are spatial abilities? An explorative study

Jansen

Pietsch

2020

Curr Psychol

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“…Therefore, the hypothesis that athletes would present individual patterns of locomotion regulation was accepted. The A/D pattern was remarkably similar to that observed in previous gait regulation studies (Lee et al, 1982;Hay & Koh;Scott et al, 1997;Panteli et al, 2014) in terms of the presence of an ascending/descending pattern and the onset point of regulation. This suggests that the majority of pole vaulters did regulate locomotion to achieve a desired take-off location.…”

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“…Given that the non-regulation group did not show evidence of regulating or adjusting gait it is unsurprising that no significant correlations were observed. Adjustments produced by the regulation group occurred later during the pole vault approach phase, than during the long jump approach phase (Montagne et al, 2000;Panteli et al, 2014) where a significant correlation was noted at every step after the onset of regulation (approximately six steps from take-off). This later onset of regulation for pole vaulters may be attributed to the reduced accumulation of variance in footfall location (0.15 m) when compared to long jumpers (0.23 m for elite performers (Hay, 1988); 0.29 m for junior performers (Berg et al, 1994)).…”

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“…Locomotor control mechanisms have been explored extensively within gait-regulated tasks such as long jumping, gymnastics vaulting and walking tasks, and appear to be present across populations, regardless of the athlete's level of skill (Bradshaw & Aisbett, 2006), age (Berg et al, 1994, Panteli et al, 2014, or familiarity with the task (Scott et al, 1997). Typically these control mechanisms have been studied using spatio-temporal variables such as changes in step length and footfall location variability (Lee, Lisham & Thompson, 1982;Hay, 1988) with additional insight being provided by the assessment of the relationship between the adjustments in step length required and adjustments produced to successfully complete the task (Montagne et al, 2000).…”

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Patterns of locomotor regulation during the pole vault approach phase

Needham

Exell

Bezodis

et al. 2017

Journal of Sports Sciences

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A successful approach phase is key to achieving high performances in the pole vault. The aim of this study was to explore the nature of locomotor control patterns during the pole vault approach phase. Fourteen well-trained athletes performed ten jumps which were recorded using 2D video sampling at 200 Hz and analysed. Key kinematics were reconstructed from camera data using a modified 2D-DLT. Patterns of regulation were determined from the standard deviation of footfall locations during the approach phase. These patterns were found to be highly individual but structural differences between those who did and those who did not regulate were identified. Regulation of locomotion was associated with an ability to produce functionally adaptable movement patterns and the consistent achievement of desired performance outcomes. Coaches should include training exercises that require intentional use of regulation to aid athletes in achieving the flexibility to adapt to changing constraints during the approach phase. Athletes should be considered on an individual basis in order to effectively, efficiently and safely improve performance.

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“…Appropriate locomotor pointing in sport is often critical (e.g. every centimeter of error in the long jump run-up is a centimeter lost in the jump) and this has led to extensive study in the sporting context [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10] and research on perceptual-motor regulation strategies in locomotor pointing [2,11,12]. With the aim to devise a suitable task for perceptual-motor regulation in walking, the current study investigated whether these results generalize to the everyday task of approaching and stepping up on to a curb.…”

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Perceptual-motor regulation in locomotor pointing while approaching a curb

2018

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Locomotor pointing is a task that has been the focus of research in the context of sport (e.g. long jumping and cricket) as well as normal walking. Collectively, these studies have produced a broad understanding of locomotor pointing, but generalizability has been limited to laboratory type tasks and/or tasks with high spatial demands. The current study aimed to generalize previous findings in locomotor pointing to the common daily task of approaching and stepping on to a curb. Sixteen people completed 33 repetitions of a task that required them to walk up to and step onto a curb. Information about their foot placement was collected using a combination of measures derived from a pressure-sensitive walkway and video data. Variables related to perceptual-motor regulation were analyzed on an inter-trial, intra-step and inter-step level. Similar to previous studies, analysis of the foot placements showed that, variability in foot placement decreased as the participants drew closer to the curb. Regulation seemed to be initiated earlier in this study compared to previous studies, as shown by a decreasing variability in foot placement as early as eight steps before reaching the curb. Furthermore, it was shown that when walking up to the curb, most people regulated their walk in a way so as to achieve minimal variability in the foot placement on top of the curb, rather than a placement in front of the curb. Combined, these results showed a strong perceptual-motor coupling in the task of approaching and stepping up a curb, rendering this task a suitable test for perceptual-motor regulation in walking.

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Locomotor control in the long jump approach run in young novice athletes

Cited by 15 publications

References 20 publications

Sports and mathematical abilities in primary school-aged children: How important are spatial abilities? An explorative study

Sports and mathematical abilities in primary school-aged children: How important are spatial abilities? An explorative study

Patterns of locomotor regulation during the pole vault approach phase

Perceptual-motor regulation in locomotor pointing while approaching a curb

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