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Judgment compared to athlete performance. Graphic analysis.

by Stefano La Sorda
The Judges Summary sheet (JSS) is a document also created to give directions to the athlete and his coach, so as to better understand the work of RW judges. We remember some of the IAAF directives (from publication “Race Walking - A Guide to Judging and Organising”) about the JSS: - is the official score sheet of the judging of the race, ACCURACY IS ESSENTIAL; - should be distributed to other relevant people such as Technical Delegate(s) and other Delegates, LOC, Teams (so athletes) and Media...
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Neuromuscolar taping for racewalking athletes

by Dr. Cristian Bruno
The Neuromuscular Taping, better known as "colored patch", is now almost a fixed presence on the skin of athletes, and of course also of racewalkers. You can see patches of all colors, cut in the strangest ways and applied to every part of the body. Is justa a fad or is really effective? The answer, as far as I am concerned, is really effective. In the daily work I do in the studio, with athletes and not, it is a valid support in the resolution of some pains, in the optimization of physiotherap...
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Effectiveness of Popular Race Walking Drills in Activating Key Muscles

by Brian Hanley and Andrew Drake
ABSTRACT: "Race walking is a technical event where coaches frequently use event-specific drills to develop their athletes’ strength and movement skills in training. The purpose of this study was to measure the effectiveness of six drills often used by race walkers because of their value in activating key muscles. The muscle activity of eight lower limb muscles was measured using electromyography in 10 young race walkers as they completed the six drills down a biomechanics runway. Two force plate...
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Tips for starting racewalking with young athletes

by Emidio Orfanelli
In the start-up phase of the beginners, the first difficulties of the young walker must be considered: difficulty in assimilating the basic execution of the gesture feeling of physical discomfort, due to the commitment in a technical discipline such as walking, especially pains in the tibial musculature probable sensation of psychological discomfort due to the execution of an athletic gesture that could be subject to the unjustified teasing of other people, given its particularity a...
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