Comparison of the backward overhead medicine ball throw to power production in college football players.
2005
The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship
of the backward overhead medicine ball (BOMB)
throw to power production in college football players. Forty National
Collegiate Athletic Association Division II college football
players were studied at the end of an 8-week off-season conditioning
program for power output determined from a countermovement
vertical jump on a force plate and for maximal distance
in the standing BOMB throw. Although the reliability of
the BOMB test was high (interclass correlation coefficient =
0.86), there was a significant learning effect across 3 trials (p <
0.01). Peak and average powers generated during the vertical
jump correlated moderately but significantly with the best
BOMB throw distance (r = 0.59 and 0.63, respectively). Considering
power relative to body mass or lean body mass failed to
produce significant correlations with BOMB throw distance (r =
0.27 and 0.28, respectively). Therefore, the BOMB throw may
have limited potential as a predictor of total body explosive power
in college football players.
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