Product Description

The second edition of the best-selling text is completely revised with content designed to suit student learning in biomechanics. Reformatted and redesigned to make it more user-friendly, this book is also supported by a student resource website.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #109271 in Books
• Published on: 2006-09-30
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 320 pages

From the Back Cover

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 cross references 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 multiple choice 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.

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 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.

Customer Reviews

very good for students and professor
I've been using this book with my students. It is very clear and easy to read. Simple figures easy to follow. Covers the main subjects of Biomechanics. Rita Santos Rocha (Portugal)