Abstract: A preliminary study of nerve types and field dependence-independenceof Chinese male high jumpers has been made by using Nerve Type Test andRod-Frame Test respectively. 81 present male high jumpers were used assubjects, 25 of them belonging to 2nd grade athletes with records from1.83m.to 1.99m, 33 belonging to 1st grade athletes with records from 2.00to 2.11m. and 23 to masters of sports with records of 2.12m. and above. The results of mathematical statistics show that 1. There is a signif-icant difference in the distribution of nerve types among the male mastersof sports in high jump, 47.83% belong to the quiet type and 43.47% tothe excited type, whereas there is no difference in the distribution of ne-rve types among the other two grades; 2. There is significant differenceamong the atheletes of the three grades in field independence, the fieldindependence of the masters of sports is the strongest. Basedon the above results and according to the theory of sports psy-chology and the characteristics of high jump, this paper has preliminarilyrevealed in theory the internal relations between the two above psycholog-ical diathesis and high jump, expounded the superiority in high jump ofathletes with quiet nerve type or excited nerve type and stronger field in-dependence. The above findings have referential value to psychologicalselection and training of male high jumpers.

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