RESEARCH ARTICLE
Preliminary Attempt to Develop a Path-Flow Analysis Model for Swimming Performance in Children
Joel Coelho1, Ana M Cruz1, 4, Daniel A Marinho2, 4, Mario C Marques2, 4, Aldo M Costa2, 4, Antonio J Silva3, 4, *, Tiago M Barbosa1, 4
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2010Volume: 3
First Page: 7
Last Page: 9
Publisher ID: TOSSJ-3-7
DOI: 10.2174/1875399X010030100007
Article History:
Received Date: 05/07/2009Revision Received Date: 18/10/2009
Acceptance Date: 09/11/2009
Electronic publication date: 1/4/2010
Collection year: 2010
open-access license: This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0), a copy of which is available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
The aim of this research was to develop a path-flow analysis model from age-group swimmer's performance based on biomechanical and energetic parameters. Twenty two young male age-group swimmers with several competitive levels volunteered to serve as subjects. It was assessed swim velocity, stroke length, stroke frequency, stroke index, propulsive efficiency, critical velocity and 200 m freestyle event performance. To verify the quality of the model, root mean square residuals (RMSR) was computed. The confirmatory model explained 54% of swimming performance. RMSR was 0.064. As a conclusion, the model based in biomechanical and energetic variables, according to the relationships suggested is appropriated to explain performance in age-group swimmers.
