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Very High Movement Speed in a Hitting Action Affects Interjoint Coordination But Not Spatial Accuracy.

Performance of ballistic movements to drive a ball toward a spatial target in different sports requires high movement speed associated with spatial accuracy. In this investigation, we compared target hitting movements performed from very low to very high movement speeds with the purpose of assessing...

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Published in:Journal of Applied Biomechanics Vol. 41; no. 5; pp. 427 - 435
Main Authors: Okazaki, Victor Hugo Alves, Teixeira, Luis Augusto
Format: research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Human Kinetics Publishers, Inc. Oct2025
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          Okazaki, Victor Hugo Alves
          Teixeira, Luis Augusto
        affil: Motor Neuroscience, State University of Londrina, Londrina, PR, Brazil
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          Movement Physiology
          Shoulder Joint
          Elbow Joint
          Wrist Joint
          Task Performance and Analysis
          Biomechanics
          Motor Skills
          Psychomotor Performance
          Human
          Male
          Adolescence
          Young Adult
          Kinematics
          Students, College
          Repeated Measures
          Analysis of Variance
          Post Hoc Analysis
          Descriptive Statistics
          Data Analysis Software
          Motion Capture
          Funding Source
          Adolescent: 13-18 years
          Male
      ab: Performance of ballistic movements to drive a ball toward a spatial target in different sports requires high movement speed associated with spatial accuracy. In this investigation, we compared target hitting movements performed from very low to very high movement speeds with the purpose of assessing the effects on movement accuracy and variability. Participants were 16 young men, naive for the experimental task. The task consisted of sliding a handle over a flat surface to hit a moveable disc, with the aim of driving it toward a spatial target. Kinematic analysis indicated that the high and very high movement speeds induced the lowest peak and contact velocity variabilities of the handle displacement and elbow extension. Assessment of interjoint coordination between the shoulder, elbow, and wrist indicated higher relative phase values in very high speed compared with lower movement speeds. As the main outcome, we found no evidence for effects on either spatial accuracy or variability of the disk displacement toward the target due to increment of movement speed. Our findings support the conclusion that ballistic skills can be performed with high movement speeds while keeping spatial accuracy and variability unchanged.
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