Development of a Real-time Performance Measurement System for Sprint Starts

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dc.contributor.advisorBrennan, Robert
dc.contributor.authorIyer, Parth
dc.contributor.committeememberGoldsmith, Peter
dc.contributor.committeememberRonsky, Janet Lenore
dc.contributor.committeememberHerzog, Walter
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-01T17:26:56Z
dc.date.available2017-05-01T17:26:56Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.date.submitted2017en
dc.description.abstractThis thesis is an expansion of a Capstone Project where a set of portable sprint starting blocks that can be used for training was developed. For this thesis, two piezo-electric sensors were implemented in the blocks that transmitted data from each of the sprinter’s feet to a micro-controller. The sensors, after a series of impact hammer tests, offered a cost-efficient means of collecting valuable telemetric data during a sprint start, and crucially, were non-intrusive. Majority of the athletes demonstrated a consistent three-peak-force pattern in the data collected which was statistically correlated to qualitative performance scores given by a coach evaluating the start. The correlation helped develop a fuzzy method that estimated a performance score for sprint starts and detected false starts. The need to validate this method also helped produce a definitive coach’s sprint start evaluation checklist from the National Coaching Certification Program.en_US
dc.identifier.citationIyer, P. (2017). Development of a Real-time Performance Measurement System for Sprint Starts (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25671en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/25671
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11023/3785
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.facultyGraduate Studies
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subjectEducation--Physical
dc.subjectPhysiology
dc.subjectApplied Mechanics
dc.subjectArtificial Intelligence
dc.subjectEngineering
dc.subjectEngineering--Biomedical
dc.subjectEngineering--Mechanical
dc.subject.otherSprint Starting Blocks
dc.subject.otherSprint Start
dc.subject.otherReaction Time
dc.subject.otherFuzzy Logic
dc.subject.otherPerformance score
dc.subject.otherCoach
dc.subject.otherKinesiology
dc.subject.otherPortable Sprint Starting Blocks
dc.subject.otherPerformance Measurement System
dc.subject.otherAthlete
dc.subject.otherAthletes
dc.subject.otherPiezo-electric
dc.subject.otherPearson Correlation
dc.subject.otherPiezo sensor
dc.subject.otherTrial Effect
dc.subject.otherArduino
dc.subject.otherMicro-controller
dc.subject.otherImpact Hammer
dc.subject.otherCoach Score
dc.subject.otherForce peak
dc.subject.otherImpulse
dc.subject.otherSprint
dc.subject.otherStarting Blocks
dc.subject.otherPortable Starting Blocks
dc.titleDevelopment of a Real-time Performance Measurement System for Sprint Starts
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineMechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science (MSc)
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