Table 2. Summary of kinetic and kinematic parameters of experiment 1. Data are means ( SD).
Parameters Units Elites Sub-elites
Reaction Time (RT) ms 172 (30)* 194 (26)
Front Force Duration (FFD) ms 370 (18)* 405 (40)
Rear Force Duration (RFD) ms 370 (18) 268 (58)
Total Block Time (TBT) ms 399 (21)* 422 (33)
Time to Front Peak Force (TFPF) ms 216 (42) 260 (39)
Time to Rear Peak Force (TRFP) ms 124 (17)* 119 (20)
Front Force at Hands onset (FFH onset) N 1548 (333) 1440 (118)
Rear Force at Hands onset (RFH onset) N 1274 (108) 1303 (166)
Front Peak Force (FPF) N 1685 (490) 1735 (333)
Rear Peak Force (RPF) N 1430 (431)* 940 (255)
Delay between Rear and Front force onset (DRF onset) ms 26 (17) 22 (34)
Delay between end of Rear and Front force offset (DRF offset) ms 140 (26)* 173 (23)
Mean First Step Velocity (FSV) cm·s-1 188 (15)* 167 (17)
Mean Second Step Velocity (SSV) cm·s-1 220 (11) 206 (25)
First Step peak Acceleration (FSA) cm·s-2 1132 (76) 1278 (182)
Second Step peak Acceleration (SSA) cm·s-2 942 (77) 859 (92)
CM Velocity at Rear offset (CMVR offset) cm·s-1 328 (19) 312 (30)
CM Velocity at Front offset (CMVF offset) cm·s-1 239 (25) 219 (32)
CM Acceleration at Hands onset (CMAH onset) cm·s-2 1807 (201)* 1606 (158)
CM peak Acceleration at Front offset (CMAF offset) cm·s-2 1161 (220)* 1036 (273)
CM peak Acceleration at Rear offset (CMAR offset) cm·s-2 1149 (193)* 1047 (229)
* Significantly different at p ≤ 0.05.