2016 Volume 30 Issue 1 Pages 55-63
As the first step in developing an ideal sprinting form, the present author created a method of teaching students how to walk in which they are instructed to focus their awareness on not kicking or pushing back against the ground when they walk (the non-kick-conscious walking form). Many children taught using this method reported that it enabled them to walk quickly and comfortably. The purpose of this study is to compare the effectiveness of three different walking forms (individualsʼ natural walking form, the kick-conscious walking form, and the non-kick-conscious walking form) through walking experiments. Ten healthy subjects walked on a split-belt force-measuring treadmill using three different walking forms for 5 minutes at a speed of 1.7m/s for each form. The results showed that when using the non-kick-conscious walki-ng form, subjects were able to walk with the same speed by less longitudinal ground reaction force than other two walking forms, it became clear that it is an efficient walking form. From this experimental result, this method of walking is a movement technique that may prove effective for physical education taught at schools.
