Why Dick Fosbury Flopped
And Answers to Other Big Sporting Questions
Allen & Unwin (Publisher)
Published on 1. March 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-1-74114-494-9 (ISBN)
Description
This work offers a fascinating and intriguing look into some of the greatest sporting questions and controversies of all time. What did Dick do to get a flop named after him? Why do golf balls have dimples? How would sport legends of old match up to today's top athletes? These are just some of the intriguing and entertaining questions that this fascinating volume tries to answer. "Why Dick Fosbury Flopped" looks at all these fascinating questions from a scientific perspective, and discusses current sport science issues in an historical context to provide the reader with the most amazing, and accurate explanations. Along the way to answering these sporting questions, this volume also takes a look at some of the greatest controversies of all time and attempts to debunk the myths surrounding them. The many informative, weird, unbelievable and fascinating anecdotes and facts make this a must have for any sports fan.
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Language
English
Place of publication
St Leonards NSW
Australia
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Width: 152 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-74114-494-9 (9781741144949)
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Persons
Damian Farrow works at the Australian Institute of Sport. He is a regular contributor to numerous scientific journals. Justin Kemp is the Exercise Psychologist at the Australian Catholic University, Melbourne. He also regularly contributes to numerous scientific journals.
Content
Chapter OneInnovations in Equipment (Winged Keel, Superbikes for cycling, nasal strips, ice jackets, clap skates, tennis racquets, etc)Chapter TwoInnovations in Technique (Fosbury Flop, V-Style Ski Jumping, Bending a ball like Beckham, etc)Chapter ThreeEvolution of the Sporting Body (AFL/Rugby, Sumo, Jockeys, Horses, Tour de France v Olympic Track cyclists, etc)Chapter FourBeating the Cheats (drugs like EPO, steroids, blood doping, etc, gene doping, chucking in cricket, bat tampering in baseball)Chapter FiveIn the Lab (evolution in measurement techniques & equipment: stop watches to cyclops, film to digital video, etc)Throughout:- Breaking the Barriers (eg history of four-minute mile, 10 sec for 100 m sprint, Dawn Fraser beating 60 sec for 100 m, Sergei Bubka beating 20 feet in pole vault, etc)- Comparing past athlete with today's athlete - Tables/Timelines for improvements in records