The jump capacity and its relation with the performance in mexican gymnasts

Abstract

This study aims to determine the level of relationship between the jumping and the performance of the Mexican artistic gymnastics. Thirty-nine gymnasts participated, 23 women with an average weight 43.3 kg. (DT = 7.64) and average height 151.3 cm (DT = 7.38), and 16 men with an average weight 60.8 kg. (DT = 6.55) and average height of 163.31 cm (DT = 4.71). A jumps set (maximum jump, continuous jumps during 5 seconds and bounce of arms) was applied and to extract the maximum height reached, flight time, touch down time with the ground and quality quotient values; these was relate with the ranking of the floor and the vault. The results not show data convincing that determine the importance of the jumping in the performance of the gymnasts, probably at the small sample assessed.