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digital rights management (DRM). Most coaches are reluctant to
study sport mechanics; from experience they equate it with
boring texts loaded with formulas, calculations, and scientific
terminology. That’s not the case with Sport Mechanics for
Coaches. This updated third edition provides an introductory
look at the mechanics of sport in a manner that’s understandable
and usable for the novices in the field. Author Brendan
Burkett—Paralympic gold medalist and world-record holder—pours
his love of sport and his expertise as an award-winning engineer
and biomechanics professor into this enhanced, revised, and
reformatted text. Divided into three parts covering the
fundamentals of sport mechanics, mechanical principles, and
application of the knowledge to sport contexts, this text
highlights real-life sporting achievements and the mechan