Biomechanics in Rope Jumping

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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1.0 Background of Study Skipping techniques or rope skipping is knows as an easy sport, a simple and a great physical exercise. Skipping is a low cost, indoor activity and the exercise just take up a little space and can be practiced everywhere. Through skipping activity, it will help us to improve our health and fitness level. Most importantly, it can burn a calorie which in turn reduces fat on body that cause leads to high blood pressure, high cholesterol and heart disease. Apart of that, skipping can improved cardiovascular fitness, flexibility, explosive muscular power, agility, foot speed and coordination. In addition, can increased bone density and loss the weight. The skipping has been a major exercise technique for many athletes in the sport such as boxing, tennis, running and martial arts. Skipping become popular among the athlete because that the one of method that can maintain cardiovascular health and increase fitness in a faster way. It also can perform as a stretching after doing a light aerobic activity as a feature of a pre-exercise warm-up. While stretching, it’s has been showed as a successful means to increase range of movement (ROM) about the joint and is normally to decrease muscle soreness, reduce or prevent the danger of harm coming about because of tight musculature, and rehabilitation after injury [1]. The skipping requires the coordination of several muscle groups to sustain the precisely timed and rhythmic movement that are integral to the exercise. While doing a skipping the muscle at upper body, core and lower body are responding. The muscle plays important roles in the successful execution of skills in many games and sport. Most of these other sports that utilize ma... ... middle of paper ... ...t needed to bounce over the hop rope with one leg on a rotation basis. Perform two or three jumps with one foot before exchange over. Figure 3.7 : One Foot Hops Technique 3.2.4 Side to Side Begin off in the Two Feet Basic Jump position, start performing the same jump as normal. For this technique need jump using both feet, and start jump side to side. This technique can start by doing short side jumped first then advance onto longer side jumps. (a) (b) Figure 3.8 : Side to Side Technique (a) side to right (b) side to left 3.3 Experiment Procedure The experiment procedure of this experiment will be conducted based on the step according this flow chart shown in Fig. 3.9. NO YES NO YES Figure 3.9 : Flowcart of Methodology

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