Biomechanical Analysis Of Penalty Shoot Drag Flick Of Male State And National Hockey Players: A Comparative Study

Abstract

This study was aimed to find the differences of various kinematic angles during the penalty shoot drag flick between the state and national Hockey players. Total subjects volunteered for this study were 20 male hockey players in which 10 were state level and 10 were national level hockey players.The subjects included in this study were from Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium Academy and Delhi state players only. The joints selected to examine the kinematic angles during penalty shoot drag flick were shoulder joint, elbow joint and hip joint. The high definition cameras were used to record the performance of the players which was then used in kinovea software to calculate the various kinematic angles. Also t test statistics was used to find the difference of kinematic angles between the state and national level Hockey players. The results showed an insignificant difference for all the selected kinematic angles of various joints during the execution of a penalty shoot drag flick between national and state level hockey players.