Advances in computer and video technology have initiated new tools for those interested in studying movement. The two major areas of software evolution for Movement Analysis are Notational Analysis and Technique Analysis. (more…)

This is the third article in a regular series in which Steve Stanley of Siliconcoach explores various aspects of biomechanics.

Most of us, even if we are not sports freaks, get a thrill when we see 100% human powered speed. Fast movements across the netball or basket ball courts; a winger running outside their opponent; the explosive movements of a gymnast or martial arts expert, (more…)

This is the second article in a regular series in which Steve Stanley of Siliconcoach explores various aspects of biomechanics.

Some people, when asked who Sir Isaac Newton was, will reply that he was the person who had an apple fall on his head and at that moment invented gravity. Luckily for everyone at the time, apple growers included, gravitational attraction was already there and he just described its influences. (more…)

This is the first article in a regular series in which Steve Stanley of siliconcoach will explore aspects of biomechanics.

Although physical educators love to move, studying movement from a biomechanical perspective is not something many teachers get excited about, subsequently neither do their students. (more…)