BIOMECHANICAL PERSPECTIVE OF SWIM DIVING
Power
According to McGinnis (2005) power is the “rate of doing work, or how much work is done in a specific amount of time”(pp.112). Power is the “rate of energy transfer” (McLester & Pierre, 2008, pp. 145) In a swimming start, the quicker the rate of work can be done the more effective it is in a race. Determining which dive is the most efficient in terms of power is difficult as there are many variables that need to be considered and the situations in which the dive will be used will vary (e.g.: distance, reaction and execution times, force contribution and pressures of performance). These are very hard things to determine as not all dives are the same and we do not have the equipment to conduct a study on these variables. Every swimmer may have a preferred diving technique. Swimmers could spend years perfecting one particular technique which may influence the results of which dive produces the most power.
According to McGinnis (2005) power is the “rate of doing work, or how much work is done in a specific amount of time”(pp.112). Power is the “rate of energy transfer” (McLester & Pierre, 2008, pp. 145) In a swimming start, the quicker the rate of work can be done the more effective it is in a race. Determining which dive is the most efficient in terms of power is difficult as there are many variables that need to be considered and the situations in which the dive will be used will vary (e.g.: distance, reaction and execution times, force contribution and pressures of performance). These are very hard things to determine as not all dives are the same and we do not have the equipment to conduct a study on these variables. Every swimmer may have a preferred diving technique. Swimmers could spend years perfecting one particular technique which may influence the results of which dive produces the most power.