Competition trick analysis in snowboard slopestyle and big air

Snowboarding tricks are judged by execution, difficulty, amplitude, variety and progression in freestyle disciplines. In Slopestyle, an additional judging criterion termed Overall Impression (40% of final score) quantifies the flow of the run. To maximise final score, we aim to investigate the rela...

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Main Authors: Ming-Chang Tsai, Jeanette Chua, Jeremy Sheppard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Alicante 2023-06-01
Series:Journal of Human Sport and Exercise
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Online Access:https://www.jhse.ua.es/article/view/23957
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description Snowboarding tricks are judged by execution, difficulty, amplitude, variety and progression in freestyle disciplines. In Slopestyle, an additional judging criterion termed Overall Impression (40% of final score) quantifies the flow of the run. To maximise final score, we aim to investigate the relationship between jump rotation and judging score by gender and take-off side in Slopestyle and Big Air events and the effect of individual Slopestyle features on overall impression score. Only jump features (n = 675) from 9 competitions were analysed (249 female, 426 male). Multiple linear regression was used to determine the relationship between score and trick rotations by sex and take-off side, and to determine the presence of individual feature effect on overall impression score. There was a strong linear relationship between jump rotation and score (p < .001), though at different rates of increase based on gender and take-off side. Switch frontside take-off is rewarded with the highest scores at high levels of rotation in both genders. In Slopestyle features, the last jump was found to have the highest relative importance on overall impression score (92.02%). These findings allow athletes and coaches to better design training interventions and competition strategy, while providing judges with useful information about judging patterns.
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spelling doaj.art-d7a7aa469f9a49498952e8ff5c9d735a2023-07-13T11:55:54ZengUniversity of AlicanteJournal of Human Sport and Exercise1988-52022023-06-0118310.14198/jhse.2023.183.01Competition trick analysis in snowboard slopestyle and big airMing-Chang Tsai0Jeanette Chua1Jeremy Sheppard2Canadian Sport Institute PacificUniversity of BathCanada Snowboard Snowboarding tricks are judged by execution, difficulty, amplitude, variety and progression in freestyle disciplines. In Slopestyle, an additional judging criterion termed Overall Impression (40% of final score) quantifies the flow of the run. To maximise final score, we aim to investigate the relationship between jump rotation and judging score by gender and take-off side in Slopestyle and Big Air events and the effect of individual Slopestyle features on overall impression score. Only jump features (n = 675) from 9 competitions were analysed (249 female, 426 male). Multiple linear regression was used to determine the relationship between score and trick rotations by sex and take-off side, and to determine the presence of individual feature effect on overall impression score. There was a strong linear relationship between jump rotation and score (p < .001), though at different rates of increase based on gender and take-off side. Switch frontside take-off is rewarded with the highest scores at high levels of rotation in both genders. In Slopestyle features, the last jump was found to have the highest relative importance on overall impression score (92.02%). These findings allow athletes and coaches to better design training interventions and competition strategy, while providing judges with useful information about judging patterns. https://www.jhse.ua.es/article/view/23957Performance analysis of sportSports performanceJudgingScoringSkillSnowboard
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Competition trick analysis in snowboard slopestyle and big air
Journal of Human Sport and Exercise
Performance analysis of sport
Sports performance
Judging
Scoring
Skill
Snowboard
title Competition trick analysis in snowboard slopestyle and big air
title_full Competition trick analysis in snowboard slopestyle and big air
title_fullStr Competition trick analysis in snowboard slopestyle and big air
title_full_unstemmed Competition trick analysis in snowboard slopestyle and big air
title_short Competition trick analysis in snowboard slopestyle and big air
title_sort competition trick analysis in snowboard slopestyle and big air
topic Performance analysis of sport
Sports performance
Judging
Scoring
Skill
Snowboard
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