Sport Biomechanics and Athletic Movements

Analyzing Technique — The Kinetic Chain, Coordination, and Athletic Performance

Sport Biomechanics and Athletic Movements is Book B5 of The Performance & Human Physiology Encyclopedia — a 93-volume, university-level library on how the body produces, transmits and controls movement. It is written for coaches, strength athletes, physiotherapists and kinesiology students: deep enough that a professional already trained in the field keeps learning, structured clearly enough that a motivated reader can follow every step.

What you will find inside

• Introduction to Sport Biomechanics
• Principles of Biomechanical Analysis
• Qualitative Movement Analysis
• The Kinetic Chain and Summation of Speed
• Force, Power, and Force-Time Strategies in Sport
• Balance, Stability, and Agility (Change of Direction)
• Sprinting and Running Mechanics
• Jumping Mechanics
• Throwing and Striking
• Cyclical and Aquatic Sports
• Biomechanics of Strength and Explosive Lifting
• Technique, Injury, and Individual Optimization
• Applied Sport Biomechanics

How this book is written

• University level, without dilution. Exact scientific terminology, defined at first use — mechanisms, not just conclusions.
• Evidence graded, not asserted. Major claims carry a level, from A (strong) to D (expert opinion), so you always know how much weight to give them.
• Numbers, formulas, worked examples. Reference ranges, equations and solved calculations you can apply the same day.
• Myths confronted directly. Where a popular claim does not survive the evidence, the book says so — and shows why.
• Fully referenced (APA 7). References at the end of every chapter, plus a master bibliography.

13 chapters · approx. 150 pages · Book B5, Collection B — Anatomy, Biomechanics & Kinesiology.