Video about Science of Gymnastics on ESPNW

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ESPN Sport Science: Gymnastics
ESPN's Sport Science takes on gymnastics - ESPN Video - ESPN
ESPN's Sport Science lab takes a look at the science and biomechanics behind elite gymnasts.

 

[thefellowsmom]

The scientist in my found that very cool.

 

[MdGymMom01]

That was an awesome video!!! The scientific part of me found that very cool as well!!

 

[lavinmeg]

Thanks, that was way cool

 

[flipper's fan]

I just dropped in to share that! Thanks for posting it.

 

[tumblerK]

This is actually the kind of stuff I was calculating in my dynamics class at the end of the semester! I had to translate the angular velocities they gave into radians per second so I could understand them better... I'm such a cliché engineering student. There actually was one problem in my book about the angular velocity of a gymnast doing giants as well as the force applied to the hands when theta equals 90˚ and 180˚. Unfortunately that particular problem wasn't assigned but I still did attempt to do the calculations.

I love how in the video they compared the numbers of what gymnasts do to other athletes. It makes us sound way awesome.