Theoretical and Experimental Aspects Concerning the Long Jump Trial

Abstract

The aim of the present paper is to present the main theoretical aspect of the long jump trial and some experimental results considering the data recorded during athletes training. The used data were obtained using a video record based on image processing. Using special markers attached on athletes it was obtained the trajectory of the jumpers and some important parameters as horizontal and vertical velocities in the moment of the take-off. There were defined two mathematical function of calculating the length of the jump considering the recorded above velocities.