Relationship between the armed arm’s motor response and muscle activation time during the lunge in fencers of varied ability

Male and female players may have different game characteristics and performance. The first two shots of a rally in badminton have tactical importance. The aim of this study is to identify players' actions and behaviors and to assess differences in serve and return between the genders on the international level. We observed 15 male and 15 female matches from top international badminton tournaments. A notational analysis was used while observing the serve type, return type and the point winner. Male players hit the backhand short serve in 91 % of points and female players started the point mostly with the forehand long serve (58 %). Both genders won 50 % of the serving points. The distribution of return type is quite equal among the drop, lob, clear, smash and net shots in female matches. While returning a short serve, the lob was 4-5 % less efficient than a net shot in both genders. Women can try to use backhand short serve more often as we found the highest efficiency of all the serve types.

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“…The return shot is based on the serve type delivery. Like in other sports [13], the receiver needs to react as soon as possible.…”

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Serve and Return in Badminton: Gender Differences of Elite Badminton Players

Carboch

Smoček

2020

Int. J. Phys. Educ. Fit. Sports

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“…Nahrávací stroj se v softbalovém tréninku využívá, jelikož odpalování je jednou z nejdůležitějších herních činností jednotlivce v softbalu. Podobně jako v jiných sportech (Balkó, Heidler, & Jelínek, 2018), pálkař musí reagovat velice rychle, jelikož míč může letět od nadhazovače rychlostí až okolo 120 km/h a doba letu k pálkaři může být menší než 0,4 s (Flyger, Button, & Rishijar, 2006). To vyžaduje správnou koordinaci pohybů pálkaře a správné načasování švihu.…”

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Hitting balls from a pitching machine and pitcher in softball: case study

Carboch¹,

Smejkalova²

2019

Studia Kinanthropologica

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If a player faces a pitching machine, he/she cannot see some important cues before the ball release, which are available if the player hits the balls delivered from a pitcher. The aim is to find, if hitting balls delivered from a pitching machine or a pitcher affect the players swing timing in softball. This is a case study. The subject hit balls delivered from a pitcher and pitching machine. This action was recorded by a high-speed video camera (200 fps). The swing timing was significantly different in specific phases of the swing. The subject initiated her movement 0,24 s earlier when she faced the pitcher compared to the pitching machine (d = -0,90). T-tests revealed significant difference (p < 0,05) in the backswing and forward swing duration in the pitcher and pitching machine conditions. These differences show change in swing timing, which can affect he movement coordination. Because this is a case study, we can't generalize the results, but coaches should be aware about these issues.

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“…Ve sportu jsou často vyžadovány rychlé reakce na činnost soupeře (Balkó, Heidler & Jelínek, 2018). Hráč tenisu má jen krátký čas na to, aby reagoval a odehrál míč hraný od soupeře (Carboch, Süss & Kočíb, 2013), a to především na rychlém travnatém povrchu.…”

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Rally pace and match chararacteristics in Wimbledon 2017

Carboch¹,

Šiman²

2018

Studia Kinanthropologica

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Professional tennis players have a very short time to hit an incoming ball from an opponent as the ball travels very quickly. The aim is to find out the rally pace in Wimbledon 2017 and compare this rally pace and other match characteristics in the 1 st round matches to late stage matches of the tournament (semifinals and final). We analyzed 7 matches (four 1 st round matches, both semifinals and final). The mean players' ATP ranking was M = 45,1 ± 38,1. The results showed that the overall rally pace is 1,27 s. However, this rally pace was significantly slower in the 1 st round matches (1,33 ± 0,14 s) compared to late tournament stage (1,19 ± 0,03 s). In the late tournament stage, 74 % of rallies were finished within the first 4 strokes. The rally time and the work/rest ratio was significantly different compared to 1st round matches. This information can be useful for players and coaches.

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Relationship between the armed arm’s motor response and muscle activation time during the lunge in fencers of varied ability

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Serve and Return in Badminton: Gender Differences of Elite Badminton Players

Serve and Return in Badminton: Gender Differences of Elite Badminton Players

Hitting balls from a pitching machine and pitcher in softball: case study

Rally pace and match chararacteristics in Wimbledon 2017

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