Kinesiology 2241A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Free Throw, Angular Velocity, Water Polo Ball
14 Mar 2018
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A common task in sport and activities of daily living are throwing and pushing of objects. Accompanying accuracy can also be maximized speed or spin, such as in a tennis forehand. As we covered in an earlier lecture, combination of motion at several joints is called a movement pattern. These movement patterns are applied to a range of tasks and the timing of the oints, ranges of motion of the joints, trajectories of the segments can differ between people. When the movement pattern is employed for a well-defined activity or for a sport then we refer to it as a skill. The performance and outcome of a skill is more easily quantified than a movement pattern. I. e. kicking a field goal (skill) is harder to do than to just a kick a football (movement pattern) Movements can be the same with differences in constraints. The constraints placed on throwing and pushing skills can be of three types:
