MATCHING TECHNOLOGY TO COACHING NEEDS

The biomechanist uses sophisticated and expensive instrumentation to produce quantitative data in the area of sport technique. The coach uses the naked eye to provide a qualitative description of a particular sport movement. Excellent research on sport technique is published in refereed journals but not modified to assist the coach in its interpretation. Technique errors in the coaching literature indicate a need to disseminate the research data in a format in which the coach may use to help the performer. A coach with a solid understanding of the biomechanical basis of a particular skill and the ability to evaluate that skill can modify the technique for maximum benefit and reduction of injury. If the biomechanist and coach are going to communicate for the benefit of the performer, a number of concerns must be addressed. First, the biomechanist must be willing to translate the acquired research findings into appropriate terminology for the coach to understand. Secondly, the coach must be willing to learn new and more effective ways for producing successful results. Lastly, all parties concerned must use this acquired knowledge for the benefit of the performer. Several successful cooperative programs have appeared in the past several years. Miller (1993) presented the use of analysis software with instructional modules to assist the coach with understanding the mechanics of motion. Smith and Spinks (1989) developed an on-water data collection system to provide immediate feedback to the coach to determine flaws in force production of the rower. Jarvis and Marshall ( 1987) used data from a single and double flyaway from the high bar for a simulation procedure that predicted the variations in biomechanical parameters at release and in flight that must occur for a triple somersault to be performed. Tant and Wilkerson (1989) found that extremely large ground reaction forces of young gymnast landings could be reduced if the subject was able to see the results on a computer screen. Biomechanists have already been providing ways to enhance technique development, reduce stress placed on the body, and design equipment for the individual performer. However, if we as biomechanists are to be a viable force in athletic endeavours we must share the results and work together with the coach so performance at all levels, from the elite to the disabled, can be improved

Determining Indicators of Successful Aging in a Population of Individuals Living in an Active-Living Community

In the United States, the older population in consistently growing, with 17.7% of adults over the age of 65 in South Carolina alone. As aging populations grow, research must examine factors linked to longevity and extended quality of life, as well as facts in both middle and later life that are associated with higher levels of successful aging (SA). This study examined the relationship between the Community Health Activities Model Program (CHAMPS) or the Health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile (HPLP II) and fourteen selected markers of health and SA. Anthropometric data (including bodyweight, height, blood pressure, grip strength, body mass index, body composition, waist circumference, hip circumference, SPO2, mid-arm muscle circumference and pulse) was collected from participants over the age of 45 at three time points over a 12-week period. Statistical analysis showed that higher levels of activity in older adults were associated with a number of improved health markers including increased lean body mass and decreased waist circumference. This supported the idea that individuals living in an active living community who engage in the more developed built environment and resources for physical activity have a number of indicators associated with successful aging. The physiological indicators measured, and the questionnaire responses provided suggest that access to a safe, available built environment that promotes physical activity could be of benefit to all individuals as they age to promote the attainment of successful aging

A Look at Hook\u27s book : A Review of the Teaching\u27s of Cecil Hook

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SIMPLY WATER! WATER REHABILITATION FOR LOWER EXTREMITY OVERUSE RUNNING INJURIES

Studies have shown that the physical properties of water coupled with the physiological effects of working in water create a unique and ideal treatment medium. The purpose of this study was to develop, in the form of a colour video and manual, a water rehabilitation program for some of the more common over use injuries experienced by high school track athletes. In addition, activities were incorporated into the rehabilitation program that would decrease the detraining effects normally associated with long periods of non-activity. The colour video was designed to be used by the coach, athlete, and/or the athletic trainer to properly rehabilitate an injured athlete with the use of a swimming pool. The instructional portion of the video provided a discussion: 1) of the benefits of water therapy as a rehabilitation tool and included the topics of buoyancy, increased range of motion, increased circulation, resistance, maintenance of fitness, and indications for use, and 2) reviewed rehabilitation goals such as decreased pain and swelling, increased range of motion and flexibility, and maintenance/increased cardiovascular fitness. The demonstration portion of the video provided scenes of therapeutic water exercises and water conditioning activities. The main objective of the manual was to provide supplemental information not adequately covered in the video. The video has been produced in Super VHS format, is 35 minutes in length, and will require a4-head VCR. Simply Water! was completed 7/6/93, #EV-3-1015, and is intended for coaches, athletes and athletic trainers interested in using the medium of water to heal injuries to the lower body

"Glittering Myriads of Men": H.G. Wells's Speculative Naturalism and the Late-Victorian Urban Sublime

This paper interprets Herbert George Wells’s early science-fiction novels as instances of the Late-Victorian urban sublime. The argument suggests that Wells’s works bring into play three strands of the rhetoric of terror and wonder — the oceanic, the gothic, and the neo-classical. Wells depicts cities as boundless fields defying representation, as breeding grounds for evolutionary monsters, or as spectacles of grandeur triggering the elevation of the soul. The paper examines two issues raised by these idioms. First, it examines how Wells’s recourse to the sublime leads us to rethink his status within nineteenth-century urban fiction and British literary naturalism. Secondly, the paper evaluates the impact of the sublime on Wells’s politics. One wonders indeed how urban sublimity relates to Wells’s elitist brand of socialism, and how the politics of the sublime determine Wells’s status as a naturalist author

The Tant-Frost Debate on the Organ and Society Work in the Church of Christ

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