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dc.contributor.author | Cooper, JE | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-07-15T11:39:39Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2014-07-15T11:39:39Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2013 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Sports Biomechanics, 12(2), 175 - 185, 2013 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1476-3141 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14763141.2012.726638 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/8685 | - |
dc.description | This is an Author's Accepted Manuscript of an article published in Sports Biomechanics, 12(2), 175 - 185, 2013, copyright Taylor & Francis, available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/14763141.2012.726638, | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | This study investigated the effect of the coefficient of friction of a running surface on an athlete's sprint time in a sled-towing exercise. The coefficients of friction of four common sports surfaces (a synthetic athletics track, a natural grass rugby pitch, a 3G football pitch, and an artificial grass hockey pitch) were determined from the force required to tow a weighted sled across the surface. Timing gates were then used to measure the 30-m sprint time for six rugby players when towing a sled of varied weight across the surfaces. There were substantial differences between the coefficients of friction for the four surfaces (μ = 0.21–0.58), and in the sled-towing exercise the athlete's 30-m sprint time increased linearly with increasing sled weight. The hockey pitch (which had the lowest coefficient of friction) produced a substantially lower rate of increase in 30-m sprint time, but there were no significant differences between the other surfaces. The results indicate that although an athlete's sprint time in a sled-towing exercise is affected by the coefficient of friction of the surface, the relationship relationship between the athlete's rate of increase in 30-m sprint time and the coefficient of friction is more complex than expected. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Taylor & Francis | en_US |
dc.subject | Biomechanics | en_US |
dc.subject | Kinematics | en_US |
dc.subject | Sprint | en_US |
dc.subject | Sport surfaces | en_US |
dc.subject | Synthetic track | en_US |
dc.subject | Grass pitch | en_US |
dc.title | Effect of the coefficient of friction of a running surface on sprint time in a sled-towing exercise | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14763141.2012.726638 | - |
pubs.organisational-data | /Brunel | - |
pubs.organisational-data | /Brunel/Brunel Active Staff TxP | - |
pubs.organisational-data | /Brunel/Brunel Active Staff TxP/College of Health and Life Sciences | - |
pubs.organisational-data | /Brunel/Brunel Active Staff TxP/College of Health and Life Sciences/Dept of Life Sciences | - |
pubs.organisational-data | /Brunel/University Research Centres and Groups | - |
pubs.organisational-data | /Brunel/University Research Centres and Groups/School of Health Sciences and Social Care - URCs and Groups | - |
pubs.organisational-data | /Brunel/University Research Centres and Groups/School of Health Sciences and Social Care - URCs and Groups/Brunel Institute for Ageing Studies | - |
pubs.organisational-data | /Brunel/University Research Centres and Groups/School of Health Sciences and Social Care - URCs and Groups/Brunel Institute of Cancer Genetics and Pharmacogenomics | - |
pubs.organisational-data | /Brunel/University Research Centres and Groups/School of Health Sciences and Social Care - URCs and Groups/Centre for Systems and Synthetic Biology | - |
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