1. Utilization of Biomechanics in Human Performance By Gideon Ariel, Ph.D. International Symposium on Sports Medicine – Israel 2004

2. Biomechanics of the 21 st Century

3. The Spectrum of Athletic PerformancesPerformances Explosive events – Throwing Throwing – Sprinting – Jumping Jumping Endurance events – Long distance run – Swimming – Cycling Accuracy events – Golf Golf – Archery – Tennis Tennis Team sports – Soccer – Basketball – Hockey Esthetic events – Figure skating – Gymnastics Gymnastics – Diving Multi events – Decathlon – Pentathlon

4. Camera Views

5. The world record in triple jump of 18.29m by J. Edwards, UK

6. Biomechanical Analysis of Discus Throwing at Olympic Games

7. Methods The track & field project involved collecting video records of the preliminaries and final performances of various events for the immediate development of digital movies to be uploaded on the internet.

8. There Were 18 Throwers During the Qualifying Round and the Best 8 Athletes Competed for the Gold Medal in the Final Round.

9. Video Cameras Were Placed in Several Locations to Maximize the Data Obtained for the Event

10. 3-D DLT Composite Control Cube

11. Results

12. Washington Throwing Kinematics

18. Throwing Kinematics for Top Four Discus Performers at 1996 Atlanta Olympics

20. THE CASE OF THE LONG JUMP:

21. Velocity of the Center of Mass Foot contact Foot contact Foot contact Horizontal component Vertical component Mike Powell 8.95m - World Record

23. Height of the Center of Mass Foot contact Foot contact Foot contact Mike Powell 8.95m - World Record

28. Video

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