Performance of athletic cleated shoes in the sport of ultimate frisbee.

Mixed-methods;Cleated shoe;Performance;Biomechanics;Frisbee;Footwear

Andrew Johnson, 1987-

University:University of Louisville

Department:Industrial Engineering

关键词: Mixed-methods;    Cleated shoe;    Performance;    Biomechanics;    Frisbee;    Footwear;   

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来源: The Universite of Louisville's Institutional Repository

【 摘 要 】

Athletic cleated shoe failures are commonplace to competitive-level ultimatefrisbee players. Currently, there are no athletic cleated shoes designed for the sport ofultimate frisbee; players generally choose between football or soccer cleated shoes inthe hopes of finding a match between footwear designs for a different sport and theneeds of their own sport. A focus group and subsequent survey were conducted andadministered, respectively, to better understand the types of failures that occur, as wellas the causes of these failures. Approximately 78% of failures experienced in ultimatefrisbee are caused by the player executing a cut, or quick change of direction. Thismotion leads to failures along both the outside and the inside of the toe box, whichaccount for roughly 88% of reported failures. With these failures in mind, furtherobservation of the sport as well as a detailed biomechanic laboratory experiment havebeen proposed to determine the need for an athletic cleated shoe specifically designedfor the sport of ultimate frisbee.