Introduction to Sports Biomechanics: Analysing Human Movement ...

INTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTION TO SPORTS BIOMECHANICS
3 More on movement
patterns – the
geometry of motion
Introduction 83
Movement
patterns revisited 84
Fundamentals of
movement 87
Linear motion and
the centre of mass 90
The geometry of
angular motion 93
The coordination of
joint rotations 96
Summary 109
Study tasks 109
Glossary of
important terms 111
Further reading 112
Appendix 3.1
Further exploration
of angle–time
patterns 112
Knowledge assumed
Ability to undertake simple
analysis of videos of sports
movements (Chapter 1)
Familiarity with graphs of one
variable plotted as a function
of a second variable, often
time
In Chapter 1, we considered human motion in sport and exercise as ‘patterns of movement’.
This chapter is designed to extend your understanding of the ‘geometry’ of
movement in sport and exercise. We will outline some questions that determine which
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