Introduction to Sports Biomechanics: Analysing Human Movement Patterns - Softcover

Bartlett, Roger

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0419208402 ISBN 13: 9780419208402

Publisher: Routledge, 1996

Synopsis

First published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

About this title

Synopsis

Introduction to Sports Biomechanics has been developed to introduce you to the core topics covered in the first two years of your degree. It will give you a sound grounding in both the theoretical and practical apects of the subject. Part One covers the anatomical and mechanical foundations of biomechanics and Part Two concentrates on the measuring techniques which sport biomechanists use to study the movements of the sports performer. You will find: each chapter contains an introduction, summary, futher reading section and exercises to assist your learning and help with revision the text is pitched at an intorodutory level which assumes no prior knowledge of the subject mathmatical equations have been kept to a minimum making the text accessible to those with a non-mathmatical background examples from sport are used throughout the text to help base the theory in practice In addition, the book is highly illustrated with line drawings and photographs which help to reinforce explainations and examples.

About the Author

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 an Honorary Fellow of the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences, of which he was Chairman from 1991-4. Roger is a former Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Sports Sciences and Sports Biomechanics.

 

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0419208402
• ISBN 13: 9780419208402
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 304