Introduction to Sports Biomechanics: Analysing Human ...

[Pages:315]Introduction to Sports Biomechanics

Introduction to Sports Biomechanics: Analysing Human Movement Patterns provides a genuinely accessible and comprehensive guide to all of the biomechanics topics covered in an undergraduate sports and exercise science degree. Now revised and in its second edition, Introduction to Sports Biomechanics is colour illustrated and full of visual aids to support the text. Every chapter contains crossreferences to key terms and definitions from that chapter, learning objectives and summaries, study tasks to confirm and extend your understanding, and suggestions to further your reading. Highly structured and with many student-friendly features, the text covers:

? Movement Patterns ? Exploring the Essence and Purpose of Movement Analysis ? Qualitative Analysis of Sports Movements ? Movement Patterns and the Geometry of Motion ? Quantitative Measurement and Analysis of Movement ? Forces and Torques ? Causes of Movement ? The Human Body and the Anatomy of Movement

This edition of Introduction to Sports Biomechanics is supported by a website containing video clips, and offers sample data tables for comparison and analysis and multiplechoice questions to confirm your understanding of the material in each chapter. This text is a must have for students of sport and exercise, human movement sciences, ergonomics, biomechanics and sports performance and coaching.

Roger Bartlett is Professor of Sports Biomechanics in the School of Physical Education, University of Otago, New Zealand. He is an Invited Fellow of the International Society of Biomechanics in Sports and European College of Sports Sciences, and an Honorary Fellow of the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences, of which he was Chairman from 1991?4. Roger is currently Editor of the journal Sports Biomechanics.

Introduction to Sports Biomechanics

Analysing Human Movement Patterns

Second edition

Roger Bartlett

First edition published 1997 This edition first published 2007 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN

Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge 270 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016

This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2007.

"To purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledge's collection of thousands of eBooks please go to eBookstore.tandf.co.uk."

Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business

? 1997, 2007 Roger Bartlett

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers.

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data A catalog record for this book has been requested

ISBN 0-203-46202-5 Master e-book ISBN

ISBN10: 0?415?33993?6 (hbk) ISBN10: 0?415?33994?4 (pbk) ISBN10: 0?203?46202?5 (ebk)

ISBN13: 978?0?415?33993?3 (hbk) ISBN13: 978?0?415?33994?0 (pbk) ISBN13: 978?0?203?46202?7 (ebk)

To the late James Hay, a source of great inspiration

Contents

List of figures

x

List of tables

xv

List of boxes

xvi

Preface

xvii

Introduction

xix

1 Movement patterns ? the essence of sports biomechanics

1

Introduction 1

Defining human movements 3

Some fundamental movements 8

Movement patterns 35

Comparison of qualitative and quantitative movement

analysis 36

Summary 40

Study tasks 40

Glossary of important terms 41

Further reading 42

2 Qualitative analysis of sports movements

43

Introduction 44

A structured analysis framework 44

Preparation stage ? knowing what and how to observe 48

Observation stage ? observing reliably 51

Evaluation and diagnosis stage ? analysing what's right and wrong in a

movement 54

Intervention stage ? providing appropriate feedback 56

Identifying critical features of a movement 59

Summary 72

Study tasks 73

Glossary of important terms 75

Further reading 76

Appendix 2.1 Universal and partially general movement

(biomechanical) principles 76

vii

 ................
................

In order to avoid copyright disputes, this page is only a partial summary.

Google Online Preview   Download