Kinematic Analysis On Technical Characteristics Of Elite Male Triple Jumpers

Triple jump was the item with high speed development and dominant position in track and field in china. Since 60's in 20 century the male triple jumpers Tian Zhaozhong and Zou Zhenxian has got into the top 10 place in the world, and got the glories several times in some of the important match in the world. But in recent 10 years, the level of triple jump in china is lowing down and there has been few people can exceed 17 meter. There is a large gap between china and the world . Still to 2004, two young athletes, Li Yanxi and Gu Junjie, who has got the 17 meter broken through and we can see the recovery of the triple jump item in china soon.We selected the final 8 jumpers at 2004 China Championship of Tract and Field to be the object in our research, and they are almost the most excellent triple jumpers in china. The technical what is most respond to the final result of the jumpers in the progress of triple jump is to be the most important item in our research. After comparison with the data of excellent athletes in the world, we try to find the law among the data and get a practical training method.We find that most jumpers of this match have selected the technical calls"Knee flexion landing and taking off" , and it is fit of the situation that lackstrength of leg of jumpers in china. It shows that our coaches and athleteshave realize this and find their way to deal with it. But we also find someproblems:1. The athletes in china are lower than the excellent athletes in the world and their weight is also not enough. It shows that the muscle power of the jumpers in china is much weaker than the excellent jumpers in the world.2. The horizontal velocity of the athletes of this match is not high enough. This is the important factor which restricts the results of the athletes.3. More training need to do in special strength. For example, the...