Introduction to Sports Biomechanics: Analysing Human Movement ...

CONTENTS
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Appendix 2.2 Other examples of phase analysis of sports
movements 78
3 More on movement patterns – the geometry of motion 83
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
4 Quantitative analysis of movement 115
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 three-dimensional 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
5 Causes of movement – forces and torques 163
Introduction 164
Forces in sport 164
Combinations of forces on the sports performer 180
Momentum and the laws of linear motion 183
Force–time graphs as movement patterns 186
Determination of the centre of mass of the human body 189
Fundamentals of angular kinetics 191
Generation and control of angular momentum 195
Measurement of force 201
Measurement of pressure 213
Summary 215