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Gender Differences In Physical Performance Characteristics Of Competitive Surfers, Joanna Parsonage
Gender Differences In Physical Performance Characteristics Of Competitive Surfers, Joanna Parsonage
Theses: Doctorates and Masters
Competitive surfing is judged on the performance and complexity of innovative and progressive manoeuvres. As such, surfers require the physical attributes of strength and power in both the upper and lower-body in order to facilitate performance. To date, there remains limited research pertaining to the physical performance characteristics of competitive female surfers, making it difficult to quantify the current gender gap in performance attributes. Therefore, the purpose of this thesis was fivefold: (1) to describe and compare the gender differences in physical performance characteristics of competitive surfers; (2) to investigate the reliability and validity of the isometric push-up (IPU), dynamic …