The debate between treadmill running and road/ground running has been raging ever since treadmills were invented. The major question you will be asked is “does treadmill running represent over-ground running?” Like most things in science there is no simple answer but the following paragraphs should give you sufficient information to answer this common. (more…)

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…)