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KPE 315 Advanced biomechanics

Introduction. True science investigates and brings to human perception such truths and such knowledge as the people of a given time and society consider most important. Art transmits these truths from the region of perception.

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KPE 315 Advanced biomechanics

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    1. KPE 315 Advanced biomechanics "When you can measure what you are speaking about, and express it in numbers, you know something about it." (William Thomson, Lord Kelvin. Popular Lectures and Addresses, 1891-1894).

    2. Introduction True science investigates and brings to human perception such truths and such knowledge as the people of a given time and society consider most important. Art transmits these truths from the region of perception.    Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy

    3. Perception You teach me baseball and I'll teach you relativity...No we must not You will learn about relativity faster than I learn baseball. --Albert Einstein I was told over and over again that I would never be successful, that I was not going to be competitive and the technique was simply not going to work. All I could do was shrug and say 'We'll just have to see'. --Dick Fosbury won an Olympic gold medal at the 1968 Mexico City Games after he invented a revolutionary high-jump technique.

    4. Or do you feel like this … Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein. --Joe Theismann

    5. Introduction Biomechanics – the application of mechanical laws to living structures, specifically to the locomotor system of the human body (Dorllandčs illustrated Medical Dictionary)

    6. Outline What is biomechanics? Who uses biomechanics? How do biomechnanicsts approach sports movements? Introductory analysis of human movement – “a brain stormer!” Cognitive thinking

    7. How useful is a knowledge of Biomechanics? Very useful Not very useful Definitely a pain in the butt! Your answer will determine the application of mechanics in your professional life. The question is - will this course change your opinion?!

    8. Physical education teacher Physical education means that the learners individual dimensional needs – physical, intellectual, social, emotional and spiritual – are satisfied explicitly through all forms of physical activity.

    9. To the coach From the beginner to elite athlete technique is always part of the coaching program.

    10. To the athlete The experimental literature does not cover the value of mechanical analysis for the advanced athlete, but empirical evidence seems to indicate somewhat greater value at the higher skill levels.

    11. The Biomechanist Biomechanics aims to explain the mechanics of life and living. From molecules to organisms, everything must obey the laws of mechanics.

    12. Biomechanists analyse movement in reference to:

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