ABSTRACT
This chapter is designed to provide an understanding of various aspects of the biomechanical analysis of the sports performer. After reading this chapter you should be able to: • explain briefly how movement is controlled • define and evaluate critically the biomechanical principles of coordinated
movement and their applicabilily to various sports movements • undertake a phase analysis of a ballistic movement of your choice and
describe the fractions of each phase in terms of the biomechanical principle of coordinated movement
• understand how phase analysis can be applied to other sports movements • undertake formal kinesiological analyses of various single joint and
multi-joint sustained force movements and verify your analyses using electromyography (EMG) or palpation-observation
• measure and explain the activity patterns in various types of body movement and in open and closed kinetic chains
• describe and evaluate the limitations of kinesiological analysis applied to general sports movements.
