Characteristics of the Techniques of Skilled Female Junior Athletes in 10 km Race Walking

Abstract

The paper presents the major kinematic characteristics of the techniques of skilled female junior athletes in 10 km race walking (n = 20, number of results – 32). Comparative analysis of athletes with different level of sports mastery has been carried out. It has been revealed that for the level of results of x = 50:29 (S = 01:14), the average velocity at distance segments constitutes 3.30 m·s–1 (S = 0.09), the average index of stride length is equal to 1.02 m (S = 0.03), whereas the stride frequency and support phase duration – 3.24 stride·s–1 (S = 0.10) and – 0.282 s (S = 0.013), respectively. The angle of foot placement was equal to 70.48º (S = 3.22), whereas that of take-off – 58.09º (S = 1.93).