Abstract
The goal of this study is to contribute to explanation of differences in the selected parameters initializing movement of the lower and upper extremities during the running throw-in and to compare the chosen spatiotemporal characteristics of the throw-in after the run up and from the standing position. The research group consisted of n=13 (mean±S.D.: age=20.28±0.91 years, height=179.45±4.62cm, weight=76.15±3.72kg) subjects of the top level soccer players.
Each subject had 3 attempts at throw-ins with the run up. The task of the subjects was to achieve a throw of maximum length in accordance with the valid rules concerning throw-ins.
Two longest attempts of participants of approximately similar body height (181.5 cm, i.e. 180.7 cm) were chosen for identification of the selected differences in manners of running throw-in performance.