137 ISSN 2286-4822 www.euacademic.org EUROPEAN ACADEMIC RESEARCH Vol. II, Issue 1/ April 2014 Impact Factor: 3.1 (UIF) DRJI Value: 5.9 (B+) An Analysis of Angular Velocity at Various Joints for inside Instep Soccer Kick by Different Level Players MOHAMMAD AHSAN KATARINA TOGA RURU Department of Sports and Physical Education School of Humanities and Education Fiji National University Fiji Abstract: The purpose of this study is to analyze the angular velocity at various joints for inside instep soccer kick by different level players. To conduct this study ninety-nine players were randomly selected from nation, state and district competition. These players are treated as high, middle and low level players respectively. The subjects wear complete soccer kit. Fifteen minute warm up should be done before the experiment. The subjects performed three trails for instep kick from a preferred distance and with maximum effort on a stationary ball. The kicking motion was recorded using JVC HD video cameras in a field setting. The shutter speed of the camera was fixed at fast speed (1/4000 fast shutter speed allow fast-moving subject to capture one frame at a time vividly) in order to eliminate the blur while video recording. The identified trails were played with the help of Hero Video of Hero Super Player 3000 software to make separate clips of each player for separate kicking skills. The separate clips were then opened on to the Motion Analysis Tool (MAT) software. The software to identify the number of frames, angles, displacement, time and kinematics variables. SPSS Software used for to calculate Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) with Least Significant Difference (LSD) post hoc test to determine the means significant difference between different level players during soccer kicks. The result of this study is angular velocity of ankle and knee joints both contributes significantly in inside