Relationships between racket arm joint moments and racket head speed during the badminton jump smash performed by elite male Malaysian players

• Main Authors: Ramasamy, Yuvaraj, Sundar, Viswanath, Usman, Juliana, Razman, Rizal Mohd, Towler, Harley, King, Mark A.
• Format: Article
• Published: MDPI 2022
• Subjects: G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation; GV Recreation Leisure; R Medicine; TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/33586/
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

Three-dimensional position data of nineteen elite male Malaysian badminton players performing a series of maximal jump smashes were collected using a motion capture system. A `resultant moments' inverse dynamics analysis was performed on the racket arm joints (shoulder, elbow and wrist). Relati...