INTRODUCTION

Artistic gymnastics is regulated by the rules framed by FIG (federation international de gymnastics). It is divided into men’s and women’s gymnastics. Each group has to do different events. Floor, pommel horse, rings, vaulting parallel bars, and high bar are men’s events and vault, uneven bar, balancing beam and floor are women’s events. The rings are also known as still rings and it is an artistic gymnastics apparatus it is used only by men, due to their extreme upper body strength requirements, gymnasts wear ring grips while performing on the ring. The event is conducted of two rings that hang freely from a metal frame. Each ring is supported by a strap, which has a steel cable, suspended from the metal frame. The gymnast when gripping the ring must control the movement of the ring an exercise on rings consist of swing, strength, and hold elements generally gymnasts arerequired to fulfil various requirements, and more experienced gymnasts will often perform more than are strength element.

The objective  was to investigate the relationship of the selected kinematic variablesand the performance of an uprise techniqueon the rings.

PROCEDURE

A purposive sampling technique was used for choosing highly skilled 5 national male gymnasts from Bhilwara Sports Council Gymnastics Center Rajasthan. Since the gymnast had been trained for a considerable period of time, they were considered skilled and their technique was treated as technically sound on the stated skill and stabilized. The purpose of the study was explained to all the subjects and were requested to put in their best during each attempt or trial. To achieve the objective of the study following variables were selected

(A)           Angular kinematic variables of Uprise on rings.   

1.     Angle of neck

2.     Left shoulder angle

3.     Left wrist angle

4.     Left hip angle

5.     Left ankle angle

(B) Linear kinematic variables Uprise on rings.

i)  Height of C.G. at the opening of dislocation phase.

ii)  Height of C.G. at supporting phase

The criterion measures for this study were the performanceand the skill was evaluated by qualified judges on the basis of FIG Code of Points, Angles were measured at selected joints and were recorded in the nearest degree, and the height of the center of gravity was recorded to the nearest centimeter.

The test was administered to 5 male gymnast subjects of Bhilwara Rajasthan. Each subject was given 15 minutes time to perform their typical warm-ups and stretch routines. Once the subject was able to perform several upraise (forward to support) and comfortable in performing them in the provided setting, the data was recorded.

 The center of gravity of each body segment and the whole body andThe angle of various jointswere determined and analyzed by kinovea software.

For the study, descriptive statistics and Pearson’sproduct-moment correlation method were used. SPSS software was usedto finda correlation at 0.05 level.

FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION

Independent correlation was used to find out the relationship with the performance and the collected score of each selected angular and linear kinematic variable.

The selected linear and angular kinematics variables with dependent variables are presented separately. Obtained values have been presented in table 1.

Table-1: Correlation of Angular Kinematic Variables During Dislocation Phase


r.05 n-2= .878

Results of the above reveal that all of the angular kinematic variablesatthe Dislocation Phasehas shownan insignificant relationship at 0.05 level.

Table-2: Correlation of Angular Kinematic Variables DuringVertical Line Cross Phase


r.05(N-2)=0.878

Results of the above tablereveal thatthe angle of the ankle has shown a significant relationship with lefthipangleDuringthe Vertical Line Cross Phaseas the correlated value-.901 is more than the tabulated value.No other angular kinematic variable has shown any significant relationship at 0.05 level.

Table-3: Correlation Of Angular Kinematic Variables DuringKicking And Pulling Phase


Results of the above tablereveal thatangle at the left hip joint shows a significant relationship with performanceduringthe Kicking and Pulling Phase as the coefficient correlation.919wasgreater than the tabulated value at 0.05 level.

Table-4: Correlation of Angular Kinematic Variables duringSupporting Phase


Results of the above tablerevealthat angle at neckjoint shows a significant relationship with performance as the coefficient correlation of the angles-.913 isgreater than tabulated value (0.878)Angle of left Wrist correlated significantly with Angle of Hip at Supporting phase.880 at 0.05 level.

Table-5: Correlation of Liner Kinematic Variables at Different Phases


Results of the above tablerevealthat none of the linear kinematic variablesat Different Phasesshowed any significant relationship at the 0.05 level.

DISCUSSIONS OF FINDINGS

The findingsrevealed, that the chosen linear kinematic variables failed toshow asignificant relationship withuprise techniquein all theselected phases. The major reason forsuch findingscould be that the performance of any games and sports depends uponso many other factors such as physiological ,physical , psychological factors,so it is multidimensional .

Few chosen angular kinematic variables at all the four phases have not shownany significant relationship with the Uprise performance in men’s artistic gymnastics. Though in gymnastics, these linear and angular kinematic variables are associated with the techniques but the whole performance regarding the skills and techniques consists of a variety of other dominating factors that influence the gymnast’s performance to the extent.

Smaller sample size, unavailability of sophisticated types of equipmentand level of performancecould also be one of the reasons forthe insignificant relationship.

CONCLUSION

On the basis of the findings following conclusions were drawn:

·        During the Dislocation Phase, the angular kinematic variablesfailedto depict any significant relationship.

·        DuringVertical Line Cross Phasethe angle of the ankle was found to havea significant relationship with the left hipangle. The attained correlation value was-.901 whichwas more than the tabulated value.Other than this none of the angular kinematic variables had any significant relationship at 0.05 level.

·        DuringKicking and Pulling Phasea significant relationship was attainedbetween performance of Upriseleft hip angle. The coefficient correlation .919. was greater than the tabulated value (0.878)at 0.05 level of significance.

·        During Supporting phaseangle at the neckhada significant relationship with performanceof Uprise. The coefficient correlation value-.913 isgreater than tabulated value (0.878). The angle of left Wrist correlated significantly with the angle of Hip (.880) at 0.05 level.

·        Results alsorevealed an insignificant relationshipbetween the linear kinematic variables and performance.