Approach to a biomechanical profile of dismounts and release–regrasp skills of the high bar

GP Brüggemann, PJ Cheetham… - Journal of applied …, 1994 - journals.humankinetics.com
At the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games, 70 dismounts and release-regrasp movements on
the high bar were selected from films gathered with three synchronized cameras during the …

The Beat Swing and Mechanical Descriptors of Three Horizontal Bar Release-Regrasp Skills.

P Gervais, F Tally - Journal of applied biomechanics, 1993 - search.ebscohost.com
Gymnasts must include a variety of release-regrasp skills in their routines to be competitive.
This study quantified selected projectile determinants and investigated whether or not there …

Kinematic landing strategy transference in backward rotating gymnastic dismounts

MJR Gittoes, G Irwin, DG Kerwin - Journal of Applied …, 2013 - journals.humankinetics.com
The aim of this study was to develop insight into the transference of kinematic landing
strategies between backward rotating dismount skills. Female gymnasts performed …

Consistency of performances in the Tkatchev release and re-grasp on high bar

MJ Hiley, MR Yeadon, E Buxton - Sports Biomechanics, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
The Tkatchev on the high bar is a release and re-grasp skill in which the gymnast rotates in
a direction during flight opposite to that of the preceding swing. Since the release window is …

The margin for error when releasing the high bar for dismounts

MJ Hiley, MR Yeadon - Journal of Biomechanics, 2003 - Elsevier
In Men's Artistic Gymnastics the current trend in elite high bar dismounts is to perform two
somersaults in an extended body shape with a number of twists. Two techniques have been …

Horizontal bar giant swing center of gravity motion comparisons

PJ Cheetham - ISBS-Conference Proceedings Archive, 1984 - ojs.ub.uni-konstanz.de
The purpose of this study was to compare the trajectory and angular velocity of the
gymnast's center of gravity (CG) in three types of overgrip giant swings on the horizontal bar …

Kinematic and kinetic analysis of the overgrip giant swing on the uneven parallel bars

WA Witten, EW Brown… - Journal of Applied …, 1996 - journals.humankinetics.com
Fifteen upper level USGF female gymnasts were filmed performing an overgrip giant swing
on the uneven parallel bars. Based on judges' evaluations, the top 5 gymnasts were placed …

Blocking and postflight techniques of male gymnasts performing the compulsory vault at the 1988 Olympics

Y Takei - Journal of Applied Biomechanics, 1992 - journals.humankinetics.com
The purpose of this study was to identify the mechanical factors that are crucial to successful
performance of blocking and body control for salto forward and kickout in the handspring …

Influence of longswing technique on the kinematics and key release parameters of the straddle Tkachev on uneven bars

ML Manning, G Irwin, MJR Gittoes… - Sports Biomechanics, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Tkachev on uneven bars is a release and re-grasp skill performed using variations of
preparatory longswing techniques; the reasons why different techniques are chosen …

Gymnastics: Biomechanical similarities of progressions for the longswing on high bar

G Irwin, DG Kerwin - Sports biomechanics, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
Based on specificity of training and biomechanical analysis, the aim of this study was to
develop a method to rank selected progressions for learning the longswing on high bar …