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Coaching athletics also involves teaching motor skills to a wide variety of performers. Traditionally, careers in coaching have focused on working with the physically gifted in interscholastic athletics; however, there are many other levels of coaching: from parents who volunteer to coach their child’s team, to the coach of a national team, and to a coach for an individual professional athlete. All these coaching positions benefit from application of biomechanics in coaching decisions. Coaches use biomechanics to analyze technique, determine appropriate conditioning, and treat injuries. Biomechanical knowledge is also important to coaches when coordinating efforts with sports medicine professionals.
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Knudson, D. (2003). Applying Biomechanics in Coaching. In: Fundamentals of Biomechanics. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-5298-4_10
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