Motion Analysis for Short and Long Jump
Motion analysis is very essential in sport activities to enhance the performance of an athlete and to ensure the correctness of regimes. Expensive methods of motion analysis involving the use of sophisticated technology has led to limited application of motion analysis in sports. Towards
this, in this paper we have integrated a lowcost method for motion analysis using three axis accelerometer, three axis magnetometer and microcontroller which are very accurate and easy to use. Seventeen male subjects performed two experiments, standing short jumps and long jumps over a wide
range of take-off angles. During take-off and landing the acceleration and angles at different joints of the body are recorded using accelerometers and magnetometers, and the data is captured using Lab VIEW software. Optimum take-off angle in these jumps are calculated using the recorded data,
to identify the optimum projection angle that maximizes the distance achieved in a jump. The results obtained for optimum take off angle in short jump and long jump is in agreement with those obtained using other methodologies and theoretical calculations assuming jump to be a projectile motion.
The impact force (acceleration) is also analysed and is found to progressively decrease from foot to neck.
Keywords: ACCELEROMETER; LONG JUMP; MAGNETOMETER; OPTIMUM TAKE-OFF ANGLE
Document Type: Research Article
Publication date: 01 April 2012
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