effects of various leg positions at the catch on the force of the rowing stroke
abstract
the purpose of this thesis was to test in isolation various leg
and body movements in the rowing action and to relate them to forces
created on the oar handle. the subjects were four senior oarsmen.
the independent variables were the four knee angles at the catch with
hip flexion maximized at each. the dependent variable was the maximal
force exerted on each trial. an intra-subject abab experimental
design was used. four random sequences of the three experimental
conditions were determined and each subject was tested on all four
testing orders. an analysis of variance revealed no significant
difference in force magnitudes between the four treatments (£p>.05).
the interaction between days and subjects was significant (p<.05).
subjects* performances varied considerably from day to day, and also
from trial to trial. all subjects displayed difficulty in stabilizing their performances under all treatment conditions.
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