Table 4.
Velocity and acceleration of the CoM during high and low dives.
| Center of Mass in High Dive | Center of Mass in Low Dive | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS | nPS | p-Value | d | PS | nPS | p-Value | d | |
| Velocity (m/s, peak) | ||||||||
| Initiation | 2.8 ± 0.2 | 4.1 ± 5.6 | n.s. | 0.32 | 3.0 ± 0.9 | 3.4 ± 4.0 | n.s. | 0.15 |
| Take-off | 3.5 ± 0.3 | 3.8 ± 1.7 | n.s. | 0.29 | 3.7 ± 0.4 | 3.9 ± 1.6 | n.s. | 0.15 |
| CF stance | 2.9 ± 0.3 | 4.3 ± 5.6 | n.s. | 0.32 | 3.3 ± 0.9 | 3.7 ± 4.0 | n.s. | 0.14 |
| IF stance | 3.5 ± 0.3 | 3.9 ± 1.8 | n.s. | 0.31 | 3.7 ± 0.4 | 4.0 ± 2.6 | n.s. | 0.18 |
| Dive | 3.5 ± 0.3 | 4.9 ± 5.4 | n.s. | 0.35 | 4.1 ± 0.8 | 4.6 ± 3.9 | n.s. | 0.17 |
| Total | 4.2 ± 0.3 | 5.6 ± 5.3 | n.s. | 0.35 | 4.2 ± 0.8 | 4.6 ± 3.9 | n.s. | 0.17 |
| Acceleration (m/s2, range) | ||||||||
| Initiation | 12.6 ± 2.9 | 12.1 ± 3.0 | n.s. | 0.15 | 11.0 ± 3.2 | 11.3 ± 3.4 | n.s. | 0.09 |
| Take-off | 9.5 ± 4.2 | 9.0 ± 3.8 | n.s. | 0.13 | 6.5 ± 2.9 | 7.6 ± 4.4 | n.s. | 0.30 |
| CF stance | 13.8 ± 3.1 | 12.8 ± 3.2 | n.s. | 0.32 | 12.5 ± 2.6 | 12.3 ± 3.4 | n.s. | 0.07 |
| IF stance | 12.5 ± 4.5 | 11.8 ± 4.0 | n.s. | 0.16 | 10.0 ± 3.0 | 10.6 ± 4.5 | n.s. | 0.17 |
| Dive | 17.6 ± 3.7 | 17.1 ± 3.6 | n.s. | 0.15 | 18.7 ± 8.2 | 22.5 ± 16.1 | n.s. | 0.30 |
| Total | 20.7 ± 8.9 | 22.4 ± 13.1 | n.s. | 0.15 | 46.8 ± 17.2 | 46.6 ± 20.4 | n.s. | 0.02 |
Note: PS = preferred side, nPS = non-preferred side; n.s. = not significant.