The purpose of study is to discuss the characteristics of contact time in drop-jump for sprint and middle-distance race in the view of athlete selection, so as to offer some reference for the application of contact time to the selection of talented track and field athletes. Subjects and methods: A total of 84 first- and second- tier athletes in sprint and middle-distance races from shanghai were studied. All the subjects were tested in height, weight and drop-jump, and were divided into groups to study their contact time in drop-jump. Results: The elite male group is faster than the general group (P<0.05) in terms of the fastest and average contact time (P<0.05), so is elite female group and the general group (P>0.05) , and the middle and long distance running group is basically the same. The comparison between different events also showed a consistent trend, that is, regarding the fastest and the average contact time, the sprint group is basically faster than that of the middle and long distance running group of the same sports level (P>0.05). Conclusion: The contact time in both sprint and middle-distance races has obvious sports event and grade characteristics, which can be used for the selection of talented sprint and middle-distance runners. |