PE 5309
Biomechanics for Exercise and Sport
Dr. Bob Pankey
SSII Semester
Office: Jowers A109 Office Hours: Posted on Office Door, by appointment on Friday
Phone: 245-2958 (office)
Email: rp20@txtate.edu
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Course Description:
This course will cover the qualitative and quantitative techniques and concepts for analysis and provide an understanding of human motion in exercise and sport sciences.
Rationale:
This course provides students with an opportunity to develop skills relating to the mechanical principles and muscle involvement used in analyzing human motion. Both qualitative and quantitative analysis will be taught as a means to understanding the techniques and process of improving human performance.
Objectives:
1. The student will be able to understand, interpret and utilize basic literature in biomechanics and kinesiology applied to human motion and performance.
2. The student will be able to demonstrate the utilization and methodology of some research techniques and tools of biomechanics.
3. The student will be able to utilize skill analysis techniques both qualitatively and quantitatively, with a variety of human performances and movement.
4. The student will be able to demonstrate the knowledge and application movement analysis to human performance and movement.
5. The student will be able to demonstrate the application of various mechanical principles applied to human performance and movement.
6. The student will be able to develop various skills in educational technology as it relates to biomechanics and kinesiology.
Other Specific Requirements:
1. Define the starting positions, center of gravity, planes and axes of motion and list the fundamental movements of major body segments.
2. Relate the fundamental principles of stability in regard to: balance, center of gravity, support base, mass, momentary momentum, friction, segmentation and physiologic factors.
3. List the basic principles of motion in regard to specific laws of gravity, inertia and force changes.
4. Classify and identify joint structures of the body.
5. List, identify, and classify the muscles of the body in regard to origin, insertion, action, innervation and type.
6. List, define and discuss the principles of force, work, power, and moving one's body.
7. List and define the types of machines found in the human body.
8. List, define and discuss the principles of imparting and receiving impetus.
9. Define and discuss the neuromuscular basis of human muscle movement.
10. List, define and discuss specific anomalies of the various segments of body that include: the spinal column and thorax, upper extremities, and lower extremities.
13. Discuss and apply biomechanics principles to anatomic and postural concepts of the human body.
13. Discuss and apply principles to the teaching of sports skills and techniques.
14. Discuss and apply biomechanical principles to the prevention and rehabilitation of injuries in athletics as well as daily living.
Textbook:
Required: Basic Biomechanics, by Susan B. Hall 4th. Ed., WCB
McGraw-Hill.
Selected readings will also be provided by the instructor and posted on the PE 5309 Web Site. Students will be required to go to this site, download the reading assignments, perform any required assignment and be prepared to discuss the content prior to class.
A copy of the class syllabus can be found at the following web site:
http://www.hper.txstate.edu/hper/faculty/pankey/5309/syl.
A copy of the class agenda can be found at the following web site:
http://www.hper.txstate.edu/hper/faculty/pankey/5309/agnd.htm
Attendance:
Attendance and active participation in graduate classes is very important. You are expected to be in attendance. The lab experiences, quizzes, tests and active participation are all a part of your grade. Students should make prior arrangements for those rare occasions when an absence cannot be avoided.
Course Requirements
1. There will be three examinations
............................... 85%
(Two terms and one final).
2. Term projects to be discussed later........................... 10%
3. Positive class participation............................................ 5%
4. Attendance. (-3% for each unexcused abs.)
GRADING SCALE:
100-90 = A
89-80 = B
79-70 = C
69-60 = D
Agenda
* Note: There may be adjustment to the daily class schedule
above.
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ADA Statement
Texas State University seeks to provide reasonable accommodations for all qualified individuals with disabilities. The Department of HPER does not discriminate on the basis of disability or in the recruitment and employment of faculty and the operation of its programs and activities as specified by federal laws and regulations. It is the student's responsibility to register with Disability Support Services and to contact the faculty member in a timely manner to arrange for appropriate accommodations. For more information about services for students with disabilities call (512) 245-3451.
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
Students have the right toe expect that their grades will be kept confidential. Student grades will not be posted in a manner that can identify them.
Academic Dishonesty Students must abide by TXSTATE standards of ethics pertaining to copying, cheating, plagiarizing
Academic dishonesty will not be tolerated in this course and could
lead to a possible F as a course grade and referral to the Graduate
College. Academic dishonesty is defined as the unauthorized
assistance in taking quizzes and or examinations and in the
acquisition without permission of test, or academic material
belonging to a faculty member. Plagiarism is defined but not limited
to the knowing or negligent unacknowledged us of materials prepared
by another person or agency engaged in selling term papers or other
academic materials.
Bibliographies of Text Books Used For Class
Required: Basic Biomechanics, by Susan B. Hall 4th. Ed., WCB
McGraw-Hill.
Not Required: Scientific Basis of Human Motion - Kinesiology, by
Luttgens and Hamilton, 9th Ed., Brown & Benchmark