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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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.
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Paperback. Damian Farrow, Allen & Unwin. Following up on the success of Run Like You Stole Something, Why Dick Fosbury Flopped looks at sporting technologies and techniques from a popular science perspective, and discusses current-day sports science issues from an historical bent. The many informative, weird and fantastic anecdotes will provide entertaining reading for sports fans of all levels of experience and knowledge. The authors answer some really big sporting questions: * What did Dick do to have a flop named after him? * How did the golf ball get its dimples? * Upon which great and disastrous attempts from past decades are today's records built? * How would the great sporting names and the great events of the past match up on today's stage? * How have athletes' bodies changed over time? * What effects have performance enhancing drugs and drug tests had on world records? If you want to win friends and influence people with impressive explanations of amazing human feats and quirky facts about sporting paraphernalia, you need this book. Paperback. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9781741144949-SECONDHAND
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