APPLIED SPORT MECHANICS + WEB RESOURCE. 4TH EDITION

Part I. Foundations of Movement in Sports
Chapter 1. Introduction to Applied Sport Mechanics
Chapter 2.Sport Mechanics Anatomy
Chapter 3. Sport Mechanics Fundamentals
Chapter 4. Linear Motion in Sport
Chapter 5. Linear Kinetics in Sport
Chapter 6. Angular Motion in Sport
Chapter 7. Angular Kinetics in Sport
Chapter 8. Stability and Instability
Chapter 9. Sport Kinetics
Chapter 10. Moving Through Fluids

Part II. Putting Your Knowledge of Sport Mechanics to Work
Chapter 11. Analyzing Sport Skills
Chapter 12. Identifying and Correcting Errors in Sport Skills
Chapter 13. Selected Sport Skills
Appendix. Units of Measurement and Conversions

Applied Sport Mechanics, Fourth Edition With Web Resource, helps undergraduate students understand how the fundamental laws of human movement affect athletes’ performances. Foundational principles of kinetics, kinematics, and sports technique are clearly presented and then explored through a variety of applied scenarios.

What’s New
This latest edition builds on the success of the previous editions (formerly titled Sport Mechanics for Coaches), and offers much new material:
• A web resource with new chapter review questions and practical activities that help students learn and apply complex theories to real-life situations
• An array of updated pedagogical aids, including a glossary and chapter objectives to reinforce learning
• A full-color design for more engaging visual aids
• Reorganized content into two parts and 13 chapters to more readily fit the topics into a typical semester course structure
• Expanded sidebars that apply concepts directly to sport
To make the text applicable for teaching, it also includes a full ancillary package including an instructor guide with a sample syllabus, suggested learning activities, and lecture aids; a test package approximately 20 questions per chapter; and a presentation package plus image bank with ready-made presentations that instructors can use as is or modify to suit their needs.

Content Organization
Part I, which houses the first 10 chapters or 10 weeks, focuses on the fundamentals of sport mechanics. Major topics covered include the anatomy and fundamentals of sport mechanics, linear motion and linear kinetics in sport, angular motion and angular kinetics in sport, stability and instability, sport kinetics, and moving through fluids.

Part II, which contains the final three chapters, helps students apply the information they learned in part I. Chapters 11 and 12 explain how to observe and analyze an athlete’s technique and how to correct errors. Students learn how to break a skill into phases and what to look for in each phase. They also learn the mechanical principles that will help them correct the errors. Chapter 13 explores mechanics in a range of sport skills and techniques, including sprinting, jumping, swimming, lifting, throwing, and kicking. Students learn that technique and mechanics are inseparable.

The chapters also contain two helpful types of sidebars: At a Glance sidebars summarize difficult content with bulleted lists, and Application to Sport sidebars bring concepts to life, showing how they work in sport.