Author: Dylan Hicks
Hicks, Dylan, 2023 Force-velocity profiling in jumping and sprinting actions: Exploring the utility to enhance performance in individual and team sport populations, Flinders University, College of Nursing and Health Sciences
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Jumping and sprinting actions are frequent in many individual and team sports such as basketball, field hockey, soccer and track and field. Both sporting actions are underpinned by the mechanical characteristics which govern human movement including force, velocity, and power. From a biomechanical perspective, to improve an athlete’s performance in these actions, the mechanical characteristics contributing to performance must be quantified. One neuromuscular diagnostic assessment which can be utilized to describe mechanical characteristics of the human body is known as force-velocity (F-v) profiling, or mechanical profiling. This thesis explored field-based F-v profiling as a methodological approach to quantify and improve physical performance in previously untested team and individual population groups, plus demonstrated new and novel applications using this methodology to create greater links between mechanical data and coaching practice.
Keywords: force, velocity, power, profiling, biomechanics, sports
Subject: Health Sciences thesis
Thesis type: Doctor of Philosophy
Completed: 2023
School: College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Supervisor: Prof. Claire Drummond