Sports biomechanics is a
quantitative based study and
analysis of
professional athletes and
sports' activities in general. It can simply be described as the
Physics of
Sports. In this subfield of
biomechanics the
laws of mechanics are applied in order to gain a greater understanding of athletic performance through
mathematical modeling,
computer simulation and
measurement.
Biomechanics is the study of the structure and function of biological systems by means of the methods of “mechanics.” – which is the branch of
physics involving analysis of the actions of forces. Within “mechanics” there are two sub-fields of study:
statics, which is the study of systems that are in a state of constant motion either at rest (with no motion) or moving with a constant velocity; and
dynamics, which is the study of systems in motion in which acceleration is present, which may involve
kinematics (the study of the motion of bodies with respect to
time,
displacement,
velocity, and
speed of movement either in a straight line or in a rotary direction) and
kinetics (the study of the forces associated with
motion, including forces causing motion and forces resulting from motion).