The effect of lateral foot placement relative to hip width on the sprint start for women
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Roberta Ann Howells (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
- Advisor
- Rosemary McGee
Abstract: It was the purpose of this study to investigate the effect of lateral foot placement relative to hip width on the sprint start for women. The three lateral foot placements, narrow, medium and wide, were determined relative to each subject's trochanter width. The narrow lateral foot placement was determined by setting the malleoli apart a distance equal to twenty-five percent less than trochanter width. The medium lateral foot placement was determined by aligning the malleoli with the trochanters in a vertical plane. The wide lateral foot placement was determined by setting the malleoli apart a distance equal to twenty-five percent greater than the trochanter width. It was hypothesized that: (1) there would be no difference in the time elapsed from a starting point to a 5-yard distance using three different lateral foot placements, (2) there would be no difference in the time elapsed from a starting point to a 25-yard distance using three different lateral foot placements, (3) there would be no difference in the time elapsed from a starting point to a 50-yard distance using three different lateral foot placements, (4) there would be no difference in the order in which the sprints were run, (5) there would be no difference because of hip width classification from each of the three lateral foot placements at the 5-yard, 25-yard and 50-yard marks.
The effect of lateral foot placement relative to hip width on the sprint start for women
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Dissertation
- Language: English
- Date: 1972
- Keywords
- sprinting in women
- Subjects
- Sprinting $x Technique
- Women athletes
- Track and field for women