Introduction to Sports Biomechanics: Analysing Human Movement ...

INTRODUCTION TO SPORTS BIOMECHANICS
Figure 1.9 Older male walking on a level treadmill at his preferred speed in bowling shoes. Top left: left foot touchdown
(0 s); top right: right foot toe-off (0.14 s); middle left: left foot mid-stance; middle right: right foot touchdown
(0.50 s); bottom left: left foot toe-off (0.64 s); bottom right: right foot mid-stance.
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should note from Figures 1.7 to 1.12 and from the video clips on the book’s website,
this sequence of movements varies somewhat from person to person (see also, for
example, Figure 3.11(a)), with the shoes worn, the surface inclination, the walking
speed, and between overground and treadmill walking. The movement pattern for a
child walking (Figure 1.12) is very different from that of an adult.
So, what would we seek to observe as movement analysts looking at walking patterns