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A biomechanical analysis of the © by IAAF individual techniques of the ham- 17:2; 15–26, 2002 mer throw finalists in the Seville Athletics World Championship 1999. by M. Gutiérrez, V.M. Soto, F.J. Rojas The work presented consists of a biomechanical analysis of the individual techniques of the ham- mer throw finalists at the World Championships held in Seville, Spain in August 1999. Three- dimensional photogrammetric Victor Manuel Soto works at the techniques were used to enable Department of Physical Education the most significant variables determining the throw’s efficacy at the University of Grenada in to be analysed and, consequently, Spain. to establish the inter-relation- ships between them, so making it possible to deduce the thrower’s individual technique. The initial temporal study analyses two con- AUTHOR secutive phases, the penultimate turn and the last turn, as well as the double and single support hammer system moves lineally across the stages. Reference is then made to throwing circle. All this is complicated fur- certain variables relating to the ther by the change in spatial orientation of positions and movements of the the plane that defines the pathway of the thrower-hammer system that are hammer in each turn (Dapena, 1984, 1986). significant for the distance ABSTRACT This fact, together with the relatively long reached (azimuthal angles). Final- time required to achieve the final hammer ly, the values are given for the speed, makes it difficult to analyse the fac- most relevant variables affecting tors that influence the distance of the each turn plus the temporal fac- throw, so much so that various solutions are tors, such as the radius of the possible.
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