KINEMATIC ANALYSIS OF LEG ATTACK MOVEMENT IN THAI MALE FENCERS AT UNIVERSITY LEVEL
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The purpose of the study was to compare kinematic variables, reaction time response time, and movement time of foot attack of Thai male fencers. Sixteen Thai male fencers who qualified for the last 16 persons of the 44th Thailand University Games were divided into two groups. The first group consisted of 8 fencers who qualified for the last 8 persons, while the second group composed of 8 fencers who failed to qualify in Quarter Final. 14 markers were placed on the body of the participants. To collect the data, the participants were asked to perform 10 leg attack movements with one-minute rest between attacks. To perform leg attack movement, the participants stood 3 arm lengths away from a mannequin. The participants were instructed to hit no further than 10 cm below the knee of the mannequin. The data were collected when the researcher said “ready”, and the movement time was recorded after the light was shown. 3D analysis using QTM motion caption system was performed to find average and standard deviation of the 10 leg attack movements before an independent t-test was performed to find the difference between the average of kinematic variables between the two groups at the significance level of .05.
The results showed that group 1 (the fencers who qualified for last 8 persons) had statistically better 1. average maximum speed from starting positing to hitting target of the tip of sword, wrist joint and elbow joint, 2. average maximum speed from hitting target to guarding position of toe, and 3. response time than group 2 (the fencers who failed to qualify in Quarter Final did at the significance level of .05.
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