The purpose of the master's thesis was to present a simplified method for 2D kinematic analysis while simultaneously verifying the reliability of variables obtained using the mentioned method. The study included 80 professional athletes (mean age 21.8 ± 3.9 years; body mass 92 kg ± 9.6 kg; height 189.8 ± 5.6 cm). The measurement protocol included six single leg counter-movement jumps (CMJ), six single-leg horizontal jumps (SVD) and six single-leg landings (EP), three with each leg. Technical execution of the tests was recorded with high-frequency cameras in the lateral and frontal planes. Kinematic analysis was conducted using the freely available software Kinovea. The main findings of our research are that the reliability of marker placement and determining the key position, regardless of the test, plane of movement, leg, and method of determining the key position, meets the criteria of relative reliability represented by the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) and absolute reliability represented by the coefficient of variation (CV) within assumed limits (ICC = 0.8-1; CV < 10%). According to the ICC criterion, we found good to excellent reliability of variables in the EP test, regardless of the plane of movement, for both dominant and non-dominant legs. In the CMJ test, we found similar results, with moderate to good reliability by the ICC criterion for both dominant and non-dominant legs, regardless of the plane of movement. The reliability of variables in the SVD test, both for takeoff and landing, is poor to moderate, regardless of the plane and leg. Regardless of the test, we found at least very good (EP and CMJ) and acceptable (SVD) absolute reliability. We can argue that 2D kinematic analysis of EP is reliable enough to be used for kinematic analysis purposes in both sports and clinical practice. However, the results of CMJ and SVD test variables do not achieve sufficient reliability to credibly claim their practical use. Additionally, it is important to consider that there are statistically significant differences between subjective and objective determination of the key position, despite the statistically significant correlations in most variables of the three tests. This suggests that consistency is required in choosing the method of kinematic analysis, and additional attention and critical judgment are needed in reading, analyzing data, and interpreting the results.
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