Introduction to Sports Biomechanics: Analysing Human Movement ...

INTRODUCTION TO SPORTS BIOMECHANICS
4 Quantitative analysis
of movement
Knowledge assumed
Basic familiarity with use
of digital video cameras
(Chapter 2)
Position–velocity–acceleration
relationships (Chapter 3)
Basic algebra
Qualitative movement analysis
(Chapter 2)
Coordination diagrams
(Chapter 3)
Introduction 116
The use of
videography in
recording sports
movements 117
Recording the
movement 120
Experimental
procedures 126
Data processing 133
Projectile motion 139
Linear velocities
and accelerations
caused by rotation 146
Rotation in threedimensional
space 146
Summary 148
Study tasks 149
Glossary of
important terms 151
Further reading 152
Appendix 4.1 Data
smoothing and
filtering 153
Appendix 4.2 Basic
vector algebra 157
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