Australia javelin throwers are in focus! Not long ago Mike Barber, Australian javelin coach /biomechanist received founding for new studies for the subject of 3D motion capture technology!
What a great news for future development! Mike Barber is an expert performance and learning design for javelin throw. He is the coach for Kelsey- Lee Roberts, a qualifier for Beinjing WC 2015 with a distance of over 63m. Motion capture technology has been associated with making big budget Hollywood films for the past 15 years, but it has recently been put to use by sport scientists at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra.
Javelin coach Mike Barber said this was the first time the technology had been used to study the techniques of javelin throwers. it will be interesting to see how other countries will take advantage todays's technology!
Picuture from ABC / LINK
You may read other interesting articles: http://theconversation.com/science-of-the-spear-biomechanics-of-a-javelin-throw-29782
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