A Case Study of Para Table Tennis Athlete’s Functional Ability

Davy See Leng Lim, Yap Wen Bin, Zachary Tan, Holden King Ho Li, Phillis Soek Po Teng

2015

Abstract

Reach is an important performance aspect for para table tennis athletes under the seated classifications of 1 and 2. The aim of this pilot study was to define the effective reach of Class 1 and 2 para table tennis athletes. Three players, 3 from Class 1 and 2 took part in this investigation. During the static assessment, players were asked to perform full reach from a seated position across the table tennis table, with the area outlined as Sweep Area (SA). In the dynamic assessment, players hit a series of balls propped up along the perimeter of the SA. The average SA for Class 1 and 2 were 0.560±0.08m2 and 0.640±0.04m2 respectively. The average Right and Left Tipping Angle (RTA, LTA) on the frontal plane were ±20.7° and ±22.0° for Class 1, and 49.3° and 36.0° for Class 2. Class 1’s average Sweep Time (ST) was 4.92±0.98s, whereas Class 2’s average ST was 3.69±0.58s. There is a difference in RTA between Class 1 and 2 players. For future work more samples are needed to understand the athletes’ Range of Motion (ROM). Findings will serve as important considerations for training design, game strategy and equipment usage.

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See Leng Lim D., Wen Bin Y., Tan Z., King Ho Li H. and Soek Po Teng P. (2015). A Case Study of Para Table Tennis Athlete’s Functional Ability . In Proceedings of the 3rd International Congress on Sport Sciences Research and Technology Support - Volume 1: icSPORTS, ISBN 978-989-758-159-5, pages 169-173. DOI: 10.5220/0005658401690173


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@conference{icsports15,
author={Davy See Leng Lim and Yap Wen Bin and Zachary Tan and Holden King Ho Li and Phillis Soek Po Teng},
title={A Case Study of Para Table Tennis Athlete’s Functional Ability},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 3rd International Congress on Sport Sciences Research and Technology Support - Volume 1: icSPORTS,},
year={2015},
pages={169-173},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005658401690173},
isbn={978-989-758-159-5},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 3rd International Congress on Sport Sciences Research and Technology Support - Volume 1: icSPORTS,
TI - A Case Study of Para Table Tennis Athlete’s Functional Ability
SN - 978-989-758-159-5
AU - See Leng Lim D.
AU - Wen Bin Y.
AU - Tan Z.
AU - King Ho Li H.
AU - Soek Po Teng P.
PY - 2015
SP - 169
EP - 173
DO - 10.5220/0005658401690173