Long Jump: Performance Prediction and Talent Identification

ISBN-13: 9786137429822 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 124 str.

Deepti Joshi

Opis

Purpose of this study was to analysis anthropometric variables, psychomotor abilities and coordinative abilities as predictive factor for long jump performance at national level. In this study 55 female long jumpers were selected as subjects who had participated in national athletic championships held in the year 2014 & 2015. Data was collected during coaching camps for championships and also after completion of long jump event during the competition. The age group of the subjects ranged from 17 - 28 years. The variables selected for this study were selected anthropometric variables, psychomotor abilities and coordinative abilities. The necessary data on selected variables were collected by administrating various tests. In this study subjects were selected randomly and as per their availability during competition & camps and comprised of 55 national level female long jumpers. To analyze the collected data and to find out the relationship between various independent and dependent variables correlation technique was applied and also to form predictive model step wise multiple regression analysis was done at 0.05 level of significance. Data was calculated on SPSS (16.0).