How Biomechanical Knowledge Can Contribute to Physical Performance
The field of Biomechanics involves study of external and internal forces and their impact on human movement. External Forces can include forces applied to other objects or persons, ground reaction forces, impact forces and fluid sources (Vogel, 2013). Conversely, internal biomechanical forces include those resulting from muscle activation and joint movement.
Knowledge of this interplay between humans and their environment during movement can be used to improve physical performances in various ways. Coaches can manipulate the knowledge of biomechanics advantageously to help athletes improve their executions of specific skills needed in their sport, further more new techniques can …show more content…
In this sporting event, the knowledge of biomechanics is used to improve performance based on the biomechanical factors of movement, form, speed, and resistance. On the human body bones act as lever arms which are pulled and moved by the forces generated by the muscles, while the joints act as the fulcrum. Load forces are often the weights of the body parts that are moved or forces needed to lift, push or pull objects. A strength advantage or a movement advantage can be obtained but not both together. Positioning loads in various training situations can improve the sprinters performance, as such athletes are advised to take sled training as a way of improving their acceleration, the sum of forces is applied by the sprinter by pushing the sled creating a net force which in turn, makes it move. The difficulty of the sled push can be adjusted by the resistance of such forces, which is called inertia (Dick, 2014). Athletes are also trained on their arm movements as a means to ensuring top end speed. When the athletes who partake in the event embrace these biomechanical factors it improves their
The field of Biomechanics involves study of external and internal forces and their impact on human movement. External Forces can include forces applied to other objects or persons, ground reaction forces, impact forces and fluid sources (Vogel, 2013). Conversely, internal biomechanical forces include those resulting from muscle activation and joint movement.
Knowledge of this interplay between humans and their environment during movement can be used to improve physical performances in various ways. Coaches can manipulate the knowledge of biomechanics advantageously to help athletes improve their executions of specific skills needed in their sport, further more new techniques can …show more content…
In this sporting event, the knowledge of biomechanics is used to improve performance based on the biomechanical factors of movement, form, speed, and resistance. On the human body bones act as lever arms which are pulled and moved by the forces generated by the muscles, while the joints act as the fulcrum. Load forces are often the weights of the body parts that are moved or forces needed to lift, push or pull objects. A strength advantage or a movement advantage can be obtained but not both together. Positioning loads in various training situations can improve the sprinters performance, as such athletes are advised to take sled training as a way of improving their acceleration, the sum of forces is applied by the sprinter by pushing the sled creating a net force which in turn, makes it move. The difficulty of the sled push can be adjusted by the resistance of such forces, which is called inertia (Dick, 2014). Athletes are also trained on their arm movements as a means to ensuring top end speed. When the athletes who partake in the event embrace these biomechanical factors it improves their