Date of Award
2006
Degree Name
Health and Physical Education
College
College of Education
Type of Degree
M.S.
Document Type
Thesis
First Advisor
Dan Martin
Second Advisor
Jeff Chandler
Third Advisor
Gary Mcilvain
Abstract
The vertical jump can play a significant role for many athletes in various competitive sports. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect that passive static stretching has on various athletes from various sports. The athletes were asked to perform a certain amount of jumps with no stretching routine and a set of jumps with a stretching routine. The results calculated for this study did show to have a statistically significant difference between jumping with stretching and jumping without stretching.
Subject
Stretch (Physiology)
Subject
Jumping - Training
Recommended Citation
Evans, Tom, "The Effects of Static Stretching on Vertical Jump Performance" (2006). Theses, Dissertations and Capstones. 76.
https://mds.marshall.edu/etd/76
