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A Comparison Of Pairs Figure Skaters In Repeated Jumps, William A. Sands, Wendy L. Kimmel, Jeni R. Mcneal, Steven Ross Murray, Michael H. Stone
A Comparison Of Pairs Figure Skaters In Repeated Jumps, William A. Sands, Wendy L. Kimmel, Jeni R. Mcneal, Steven Ross Murray, Michael H. Stone
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Trends in pairs figure skating have shown that increasingly difficult jumps have become an essential aspect of high-level performance, especially in the latter part of a competitive program. We compared a repeated jump power index in a 60 s repeated jump test to determine the relationship of repeated jump test to competitive rank and to measure 2D hip, knee, and ankle angles and angular velocities at 0, 20, 40, and 60 s. Eighteen National Team Pairs Figure Skaters performed a 60 s repeated jump test on a large switch-mat with timing of flight and ground durations and digital video recording. …