Relationship Between Acceleration And Performance Of The Female Javelin Throwers

Abstract

Javelin throw gain recognition as an  individual sport identity and was counted as a separate event in the Olympic game of 1908 before that it was counted as a part of pentathlon since the first modern Olympic started in the year 1896 at Athens. The present study was conducted 30 (N) female javelin throwers that participated in the national level selected as subjects. The data was collected from the 3rd National Open Javelin Throw Championships 23-24 Octobers, 2021 held at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi. The researcher utilized free body movement and software tools to capture video footage of athletes throwing javelins. Two cameras were set up at the Sagittal and Frontal planes, respectively, at 2.60m & 3.10m, to capture the athletes' 2D-videoography. The mean values is 5.49 meter for the acceleration path and the mean and standard deviation values of 38.59 meter for the performance values of female javelin throwers this states that there is no significant correlation between the performance and the acceleration. However it was positively correlated. The present study is first of its kind and would add literature for further scope of research in the Indian female javelin throwers.