Jay Todd, MSE, CSCS, *D, HFI Instructor of Sports Medicine and Exercise Science Department of Health, Human Performance, and Sport School of Natural and Social Sciences PED 351 Biomechanics Credit - 3 Hrs   Office: Rice 11A Phone: (402) 375-7160  Office Hrs: Click here Lecture/Lab: MWF in Rice 014 Time: 1:00 pm - 1:50 pm Prerequisites: PED 105 Anatomy and Physiology I or BIO 220 Human Anatomy Final Exam: Wednesday, May 3 @ 1:00 pm Web: http://academic.wsc.edu/faculty/jatodd1/351/

Required for course: Recommended for course:

Textbook:

Required: Basic Biomechanics, Fourth Edition (ISBN: 0-07-255241-7). Susan J. Hall. McGraw-Hill, pub. 20023
Recommended: Manual of Structural Kinesiology (ISBN: 0072930349). Clem W. Thompson and R.T. Floyd. McGraw-Hill, Pub. 2004.

Please bring the following to class everyday: ruler, protractor, and a scientific calculator that can perform trigonometric functions (sine [sin], cosine [cos], and tangent [tan]).

Course Objectives:

1. To identify human structural components of the skeletal and muscular systems.
2. To explain bone and muscle growth throughout life, and in accordance with different types of training programs.
3. To identify major muscle actions that produce movements.
4. Demonstrate knowledge and procedures of the two levels of biomechanical analysis, qualitative and quantitative.
5. To identify general principles of human movement and motor skills that provide a basis for virtually all movement in sport and physical activity.
6. To identify directional terminology for application to anatomical description.
7. To identify movement terminology for the purpose of describing body segment movements.
8. To identify and describe the purpose of planes of motion.
9. To identify types of muscle contractions and locate correct muscle attachments, as well as bony landmarks, for the purpose of explaining why movements occur.
10. To identify and explain the different skeletal articulations.
11. To demonstrate knowledge of the physics of sport including practical application of the concepts of speed, velocity, vector components, acceleration, force, mass, Newton's laws, pressure, friction, energy, collisions, momentum, impulse, power, rotational movements, and torque as they relate to sport and physical activity.
12. To demonstrate knowledge of lever systems as they exist in human movement and sport application.
13. To demonstrate knowledge of stability and center of gravity.
14. To demonstrate knowledge of projectiles and trajectories as they pertain to use of sport objects and implements.
15. To demonstrate knowledge of aerodynamics and fluid mechanics.
16. To develop understandings of identification and correction of faults in sport movements for the purpose of performance improvements.

Grading Scale:

	A = 94-100	A- = 90-93	B+ = 87-89	B = 84-86
	B- = 80-83	C+ = 77-79	C = 74-76	C- = 70-73
	D+ = 67-69	D = 64-66	D- = 60-63	F = <60

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