Assessment of Relationship between Various Jumps and Throwing Performance in Judo | Original Article

ABSTRACT:

This study was conducted to assess the relationship between various jumps and throwing performance in Judo. This study was conducted on 10 all India Inter-varsity level male subjects. They had participated in intervarsity or higher level of competitions. Subjects performance was recorded on RCMJ (Repeated counter movement jump), CMJ (Counter movement jump), CMJAT (counter movement jump with arm thrust). All these jumps were recorded using G-Sensor device. The device was fixed at the level of L5 (5th Lumbar disk). Subjects throwing performance was taken as dependent variables for the study. They were asked to perform maximum number of throws of IpponSeoiNage technique in one minute. Pearson‘s r was calculated as to provide statistical validity to findings of this study. Level of significance was set at 0.05. Out of three selected jumps two (Counter movement jump with arm thrust, Repeated counter movement jump) were found to be significantly correlated with throwing performance in Judo.