Sports Biomechanics The Basics: Optimising Human Performance

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Human beings are the 'all-rounders' of the natural world – while they aren't naturally the quickest, biggest or strongest creatures, they can achieve more amazing physical feats than any other animal. Nowhere is this ability more pronounced than in sporting performance, the ideal area for studying the mechanics of a human – our biomechanics. But all too often the study of sports biomechanics can become bogged down in pure mathematics, tables and graphs that bear little resemblance to what you see on the field of play. In this comprehensively revised third edition of bestselling Sports Biomechanics, Professor Anthony Blazevich answers real-world questions using easily accessible language and fully updated, clear and concise diagrams. Each chapter is devoted to a single area of the subject and details scientific underpinnings of sports performance; this edition features a new chapter on human gait (walking and running) as well as new information on the latest topics in sport biomechanics. An absolutely essential resource for any student, athlete or fitness professional involved in the field of sports biomechanics. Cover Title Imprint Contents Introduction Acknowledgements & Picture Credits CHAPTER 1 POSITION, VELOCITY AND ACCELERATION CHAPTER 2 ANGULAR POSITION, VELOCITY AND ACCELERATION CHAPTER 3 PROJECTILE MOTION CHAPTER 4 NEWTON’S LAWS CHAPTER 5 THE IMPULSE–MOMENTUM RELATIONSHIP CHAPTER 6 TORQUE AND CENTRE OF MASS CHAPTER 7 ANGULAR KINETICS CHAPTER 8 CONSERVATION OF ANGULAR MOMENTUM CHAPTER 9 WORK, POWER AND ENERGY CHAPTER 10 COLLISIONS 1 – THE IDEAL CASE CHAPTER 11 COLLISIONS 2 – THE COEFFICIENT OF RESTITUTION CHAPTER 12 FRICTION CHAPTER 13 FLUID DYNAMICS – DRAG CHAPTER 14 HYDRODYNAMICS 1 – DRAG CHAPTER 15 HYDRODYNAMICS 2 – PROPULSION CHAPTER 16 THE MAGNUS EFFECT CHAPTER 17 THE KINETIC CHAIN CHAPTER 18 GAIT: WALKING AND RUNNING CHAPTER 19 APPLICATION OF BIOMECHANICS QUICK QUIZZES APPENDIX A UNITS OF MEASUREMENT APPENDIX B BASIC SKILLS AND MATHEMATICS APPENDIX C BASIC TRIGONOMETRY APPENDIX D EQUATIONS GLOSSARY INDEX