Introduction

The penalty corner is one of the golden opportunities to score goal in hockey. The drag-flick is

commonly used when playing penalty corner. The drag-flick should be taken with speed and

precision to increase the opportunity of scoring a goal. It will be more effective if it is done with

correct techniques.

In this laboratory report, we will e explaining about how biomechanics help hockey players to

increase drag flick performance in hockey. According to the videos that we are given, we are

going to differentiate the movements of UPSI’s hockey player and PJJ students in doing the

drag-flick. Then, we are going to analyze what are the factors that affecting drag flick in hockey

such as speed, time, stance and foot placing. To make our task easier, we are using the

Kinovea software to slow down, study and comment the techniques of the subjects.

Kinovea is free software to analyze videos. It can be mainly used by the people in the sports

field, such as athletes and coaches. By using this software, we are able to measure the

distance, speed, line length etc on a particular video. Then, the analyzed data can be exported

to Excel, OpenOffice calculation and simple text.

Procedure

1. Import the videos that have been given to Kinovea.

2. Capture the snapshot of the movements from the video.

3. Measure and analyze the foot placing, stance, distance and time.

Conclusion

In summary, calculations made have several factors that influence the speed of the ball hockey

when beaten that extensive openings could stabilize the position when doing drag-flick. Besides

that, a long drag to give more force or pressure in the ball hockey. Thus, UPSI players are more

consistent than PJJ players because they do the correct way of movement.

The process was done using the kinovea software could give reading required. By using this

software, we can take a few snap shots player movement. In the snap shot, we are also able to

make calculations such as speed, time, drag distance, foot placing, stance, and so on.

Reference

Lopez De Subijana, C., Juarez, D., Mallo, J. and Navarro, E. (2011) The application of biomechanics to penalty corner drag-flick training: a case study. Journal of Sports Science and Medicine 10, 590-595

Lopez De Subijana, C., Juarez, D., Mallo, J. and Navarro, E. Biomechanical analysis of the penalty-corner drag-flick of elite male and female hockey players. Find at Sept 19, 2013 in http://oa.upm.es/8461/2/INVE_MEM_2010_83093.pdf