Jump Contact Mat

The subject wears a waist belt attached to measuring tape that is grounded to the mat.

Jump contact mat.

The jump mat uses this to calculate the height jumped in 0 1cm intervals. Gamecraft carpeted long jump mat 4 5 out of 5 stars 26. Ground contact time for one jump and average height and hang time for four jumps. Zeny treadmill mat gym floor mat high density fitness equipment mats extra large exercise bike mat jump rope mat elliptical mat protective flooring 8 x3 black 4 6 out of 5 stars 201 49 59 49.

Arenagear track field timers 4 0 out of 5 stars 7. Computes foot quickness shuttle runs and dashes and explosive leg power rating. The just jump mat is a 27 inch x 27 inch mat with a hand held battery operated computer unit. It will not slip or tear and is puncture resistant.

The just jump system is an example of an electrical contact operated system. The swift ezejump contact mat measures contact and flight time jump height reactive strength index power fatigue and other metrics. Another commonly used piece of equipment for measuring vj height is a contact or jump mat. Jump testing when done correctly can provide useful data.

However coaches need to know why and how they re testing since athletes are different and so are jumps. The mat calculates vertical jump height by measuring the time that the feet are not in contact with the mat and from this calculates explosive leg power. Contact time is when the athlete steps on the mat and immediately jumps into the air landing back on the mat. The vertical jump mat is a square mat 22 x 22 x 9mm thick made out of versa flex.

Flight time this is the time between leaving and landing on the mat measured to 1 1000th second. Run multiple jump stations concurrently from your phone or tablet device for a competitive training environment all with real time feedback. Jump mat systems use a basic kinematic equation to calculate jump height by flight time 5 10 11 13 20. Common contact mat jump tests.

Like our timing gates the system is easy to use and alleviates the time consuming task of hand writing times because you simply open the app and let it capture all the metrics. Set the tape to zero then jump as. Microswitches embedded in the mat time the interval between subject liftoff from the mat and their landing 5 11 13 20. The contact time on the mat is tracked to a 1 1000th second.

Join mats together for multiple landing areas or to measure ground contact and flight times in sprinting applications. The contact mat is the oldest testing option for sports as they originated in war technologies specifically landmines.