This book presents the latest biomechanical research about how to hit a ball (or puck) for optimal performance and safety. Included are chapters for baseball, cricket, hockey, hurling, softball, table tennis, and tennis. This book is based on a special issue of Sports Biomechanics.
This book presents the latest biomechanical research about how to hit a ball (or puck) for optimal performance and safety. Included are chapters for baseball, cricket, hockey, hurling, softball, table tennis, and tennis. This book is based on a special issue of Sports Biomechanics.
Glenn Fleisig, Ph.D, has been the Research Director of the American Sports Medicine Institute since its foundation in 1987. Dr. Fleisig is a renowned expert in sports biomechanics, especially involving baseball. He is also an adjunct professor at UAB and a consultant for numerous organizations, including Little League Baseball and USA Baseball. Young-Hoo Kwon, Ph.D., is a Professor of Kinesiology and Director of the Biomechanics Laboratory at Texas Woman's University. Dr. Kwon is an expert in sports biomechanics and motion analysis-based research. He is the Editor-in-chief of journal Sports Biomechanics.
Inhaltsangabe
Editorial Baseball 1. The effect of pitch type on ground reaction forces in the baseball swing 2. Whole-body vibration effects on the muscle activity of upper and lower body muscles during the baseball swing in recreational baseball hitters Cricket 3. Enhancing cricket batting skill: implications for biomechanics and skill acquisition research and practice 4. Biomechanics and visual-motor control: how it has, is, and will be used to reveal the secrets of hitting a cricket ball 5. Hitting a cricket ball: what components of the interceptive action are most linked to expertise? Field Hockey 6. Coordination profiles of the expert field hockey drive according to field roles 7. Whole-body predictors of wrist shot accuracy in ice hockey: a kinematic analysis Hurling 8. Modelling and simulation of the coefficient of restitution of the sliotar in hurling Softball 9. The effects of stride technique and pitch location on slo-pitch batting Table Tennis 10. Kinetics of the upper limb during table tennis topspin forehands in advanced and intermediate players Tennis 11. Review of tennis serve motion analysis and the biomechanics of three serve types with implications for injury 12. Subject-specific computer simulation model for determining elbow loading in one-handed tennis backhand groundstrokes 13. Serving to different locations: set-up, toss, and racket kinematics of the professional tennis serve 14. Tennis forehand kinematics change as post-impact ball speed is altered
Editorial Baseball 1. The effect of pitch type on ground reaction forces in the baseball swing 2. Whole-body vibration effects on the muscle activity of upper and lower body muscles during the baseball swing in recreational baseball hitters Cricket 3. Enhancing cricket batting skill: implications for biomechanics and skill acquisition research and practice 4. Biomechanics and visual-motor control: how it has, is, and will be used to reveal the secrets of hitting a cricket ball 5. Hitting a cricket ball: what components of the interceptive action are most linked to expertise? Field Hockey 6. Coordination profiles of the expert field hockey drive according to field roles 7. Whole-body predictors of wrist shot accuracy in ice hockey: a kinematic analysis Hurling 8. Modelling and simulation of the coefficient of restitution of the sliotar in hurling Softball 9. The effects of stride technique and pitch location on slo-pitch batting Table Tennis 10. Kinetics of the upper limb during table tennis topspin forehands in advanced and intermediate players Tennis 11. Review of tennis serve motion analysis and the biomechanics of three serve types with implications for injury 12. Subject-specific computer simulation model for determining elbow loading in one-handed tennis backhand groundstrokes 13. Serving to different locations: set-up, toss, and racket kinematics of the professional tennis serve 14. Tennis forehand kinematics change as post-impact ball speed is altered
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