Olympic trampoline is a gymnastics apparatus that, with its mechanical characteristics, allows the gymnast to perform jumps with various somersaults and twists around the longitudinal axis. A competitive routine includes 10 consecutive jumps and always starts with straight jumps, which help the acrobat gain height and speed to execute their routine with the maximum airtime. Straight jumps or take-offs consist of alternating contact with the trampoline and the gymnast's flight. During jumps, the maintenance of body positions is influenced by sensory inputs of visual, auditory, and somatosensory perceptions, which the gymnast uses to perform consecutive jumps in the most vertical direction possible. This is crucial in competition, as any horizontal movement on the trampoline is penalized with deductions from the final score.
The study involved 30 students from the Faculty of Sport. Each subject performed 6 sets of 10 consecutive jumps under different sensory conditions: with looking down at the edge of the trampoline, with looking forward, without hearing and with looking down at the edge of the trampoline, without hearing and with looking forward, without sight and without sight and hearing at the same time. For each jump, we measured the contact forces on the trampoline at take-off for the left and right foot separately, to determine differences in forces and correlation between variables, to see which have the biggest impact on the quality of the straight jump. We used the paired t-test to determine differences between various sets and the Spearman correlation coefficient to assess correlations.
When jumping on trampoline, there are differences in forces between the left and right leg, which are caused by the gymnast's control over the body, which strives to jump as vertically as possible. However, different sensory data jumps have a great influence on the duration of the flight and on the demonstration of force during push-off. In jumps without visual data flight times and ground forces are significantly lower than other types of jumps.
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