counter movement jump squats

Counter Movement Jump Squats

By: Nathan Boylan, Bryden Burrell, Hilary Graham

What We’ll Cover

Hypothesis

Analysis Method

Collection Method

Jump Analysis

Errors

Methods

Conclusion

Hypothesis

In the duration of one minute, jump height will continually decrease as more jumps are performed.

Analysis Method

1. Subject 1 performed task while subject 2 records video

2. Subject 2 performed task while subject 1 records video

3. Video files analyzed using Kinovea

4. Data manually inputted into Microsoft Excel Document

5. Graphs created to indicate relationship between time and jump height

Collection Method

Equipment iPad (Camera Application)

Desktop computer Kinovea

Microsoft Excel

Subject 1

Subject 1 - Data

Subject 2

Subject 2 - Data

Subject 1 – Knee Angle

Subject 2 – Knee Angle

Errors

Subject 1 had 53.2% of his jumps rejected

Subject 2 only completed 56 seconds of the 1 minute requirement.

There is approximately a 5° margin of error on all knee angles

Methods

Have the video recording device on a tripod.

Correct orientation of video file.

Have more visible tracking points on subjects body.

Working with a more advanced software.

Conclusion

Our data and results support our original hypothesis that “In the duration of one minute, jump height will continually decrease as more jumps are performed”

Questions?