THE COMPETITION STRATEGY IN HIGH JUMP AND POLE VAULT: HOW MANY TRIALS?
Abstract
The pole vault and high jump are events named
vertical jumps within track and fields. The aim of the vertical jump events is
that the athlete runs on the approach way with proper speed, then jumps upwards
and passes over the bar where height is previously determined by the athlete,
without dropping the bar to the ground. In the vertical jump events, the
competition variables which the starting height, the final height, the
difference between the starting and final height, the total number of
attempting, the amount of valid and invalid jumps were examined measured within
the scope of competition tactics. The aim of this study is to show coaches and
athletes how to plan the competition variables in order to achieve the aimed
performance by putting forth their competition strategy features. In addition,
the study is going to determine the similarities and differences between podium
athletes and other finalist athletes through the example of European
championship finals where elite athletes compete. The research group consisted
of 223 high jumpers (male: 105, female: 118) and 216 pole vaulters (male: 109,
female: 107) competing in the European Championships (6 indoor and 5 outdoor)
between 2009 and 2019. Statistical comparison of the podium athletes and
remaining finalist athletes’ groups was carried out using Independent Samples
t-Test. Pearson correlation coefficients (r) were used to express the
relationships between parameters. Linear regression analysis was used to find
coefficients of determination (r2) for the relationships. Significant
differences were found in podium athletes in terms of initial height, final
height, difference between them, total number of trials and number of
successful trials in both events and both genders. Male and female athletes who
have won medals in both high jump and pole vaults have performed a total of 4-8
trials. The difference between the initial height and the final height was 12 ±
4 cm in male high jump podium athletes and 14 ± 3 cm in female high jump
athletes; It was found that the male pole vaulters were 34 ± 12 cm and the mean
29 ± 8 cm in females. It is clear that the average of the total number of
trials in both events and genders has declined significantly in the last 10
years. The total number of trials was found to be higher in high performing
athletes. As a result, it was seen that the medallist athletes had higher
initial heights than the other finalists, they reached the final heights with
more differences after the initial heights, and the total number of trials and
successful trials were higher. In the light of these data, it is recommended
that the performance components that are examined and found to be important in
this study for vertical jumps be examined in detail by the coaches, and that a
strategy for competition management is developed according to the current
situation of the athletes.
Keywords
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Ayrıntılar
Birincil Dil
İngilizce
Konular
Spor Hekimliği
Bölüm
Araştırma Makalesi
Yazarlar
İşık Bayraktar
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0000-0003-1001-5348
Türkiye
Yayımlanma Tarihi
30 Aralık 2019
Gönderilme Tarihi
7 Ağustos 2019
Kabul Tarihi
22 Kasım 2019
Yayımlandığı Sayı
Yıl 2019 Cilt: 17 Sayı: 4
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