Biomechanics of Sport and Exercise, 3E

Biomechanics of Sport and Exercise, 3E [Kindle Edition]

Author: Peter M. McGinnis | Language: English | ISBN: B00CB12TR8 | Format: PDF, EPUB

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Biomechanics of Sport and Exercise, 3E
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• Print Length: 456 pages
• Publisher: Human Kinetics; 3 edition (January 1, 2013)
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• Language: English
• ASIN: B00CB12TR8
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I would expect a book on biomechanics to explain the 'bio' and the 'mechanics'. This book assumes you already know all about the bio and nothing about the mechanics.

So if you are a 'bio' person,familiar with the names of every bone muscle tendon, etc. in the body and want a primer on the basic laws of mechanics and how these relate to motion of the human body then this is probably an OK book.

If you are a 'mechanics' person, familiar with torque, work, power, energy, etc. and want a primer on the the basic bones/muscles/tendons/ligaments structure and how these relate to human movement then I think this book won't be much help.

I come from an engineering background and am already familiar with Newton's laws of motion, torque, etc. Since I've started doing a bit of track and field coaching I wanted a book which would help me understand the actions of the various muscles etc. in an engineering context. For this purpose the book is more or less useless. I couldn't find a single illustration of the skeleton with the names of the bones, or of the muscles or tendons or ligaments. When the book says things like "Your index finger should be able to feel the tendon of your right biceps brachii, and your thumb should feel the back of your elbow, the olecranon process of your ulna." I have no clue what it's talking about and I couldn't find anything to help me. When I went to the index in the hope of finding an illustration all I found was a reference to "The anatomical insertion of the triceps brachii is always the olecranon process of the ulna...". Need I say more?

I was tempted to rate the book 3 stars but I think the illustrations are too weak. Suppose you are considering the forces involved when you bend your arm. Even if you know your anatomy & physiolgy inside out I think you'd want the illustrations to show the muscles and tendons involved.

By R. J. Hunter

This book is a good book if you are trying to review physics, but the application to sport and exercise is not great. There are kind of silly and simple examples that it tries to apply the physics concepts to sports, such as how much torque would it take to tip over a portable basketball if somebody is hanging on the rim. I wish it was more of a kinesiology book with physics applied than physics with little sport applied.

By Brent Hull

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