Sport mechanics for coaches / Gerry Carr.
Material type: TextPublication details: Champaign, Ill. ; Leeds : Human Kinetics, 2003.Edition: 2nd edDescription: 384 p. : ill. ; 28 cmISBN:- 9780736039727 (pbk.) :
- 9780736039727
- 612.044 CAR
- QP303 .C375 2003
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Long Loan | TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending | 612.044 CAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 123603 |
Previous ed.: published as Mechanics of sports. 1997.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1.Making a smart move -- 2.Starting with basics -- 3.Getting a move on -- 4.Rocking and rolling -- 5.Don\'t be a pushover -- 6.Going with the flow -- 7.Analyzing sport skills -- 8.Identifying and correcting errors in sport skills -- 9.Mechanics of selected sport skills.
Gerry Carr explains the mechanical concepts underlying performance techniques and shows readers how to observe, analyse and correct sport techinque for better performance. The book includes topics such as how modifications to sports equipment can cause world records to be broken.