25 Nov Biomechanics
The Year 12 A level PE cohort visited UEL Stratford campus on Tuesday 22nd November, to meet a Biomechanist and participate in biomechanical analysis. The 10 students have been studying force and its effects on sports performance as well as looking at new technologies being used to analyse movement efficiency and sporting technique. The students had an opportunity to try out the force plates in the lab to see the effects of force on motion and used a dynamometer to test muscular strength in the legs, which was important to evaluate training programmes and recovery from injury. We learnt about limb kinematics and looked at the technology used to study human movement before finally discussing the possible career paths following a degree in Sports Science.
This was a great opportunity for the students to see how the biomechanical principles work in a practical setting and hopefully their knowledge has been extended further.
Many thanks to UEL for hosting us
Miss Boulton
Head of PE
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