# Sports Biomechanics: The Physics of Human Movement
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## TL;DR
Sports biomechanics applies physics, engineering, and motor-control concepts to movement in sport and exercise. It helps analyze technique, performance, loading, equipment, and injury risk.

## Core Explanation
Kinematics describes motion: position, displacement, velocity, and acceleration. Kinetics studies the forces and torques that cause motion. Coaches, clinicians, and researchers use video, force plates, motion capture, inertial sensors, and modeling to understand how athletes move.

## Detailed Analysis
Biomechanical conclusions are sport- and athlete-specific. A claim about sprinting, jumping, throwing, swimming, or cycling should identify the movement, measurement method, and population. General principles are useful, but precise performance or injury claims need direct evidence.

## Further Reading
- Biomechanics of Sport and Exercise
- Komi on the stretch-shortening cycle
- Winter on biomechanics and motor control

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