UVM Field Hockey Force Plate Jump Analysis

This project draws upon a data set produced by over one thousand jumps by UVM women’s field hockey players jumping for the Hawkin Dynamics force plate countermovement jump (FPCMJ) test. The FPCMJ test is a fitness assessment that measures many jumping characteristics, which can indicate left, right, and net leg strength. Since field hockey sticks are right-handed only, we hypothesize that there is an association between right-stick dominance and left-sided strength dominance. This project aims to describe leg strength asymmetry in UVM D1 field hockey players and identify associated characteristics, using multiple regression analyses in R.