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Dr Jon Wheat, Deputy Director of the Centre for Sports Engineering Research at Sheffield Hallam University
Friday 02 December 2016, 17:30-19:00
So, how are you going to make me faster?
- 👤 Speaker: Dr Jon Wheat, Deputy Director of the Centre for Sports Engineering Research at Sheffield Hallam University
- 📅 Date & Time: Friday 02 December 2016, 17:30 - 19:00
- 📍 Venue: Latimer Room (Staircase E), Old Court, Clare College, Trinity Lane
Abstract
How can the performance of an Olympic athlete be improved, when they already represent the current limits of human movement? This is the challenge presented to the human movement scientists working alongside elite athletes and their coaches competing in World and Olympic competitions. This talk will discuss contemporary scientific theories of how and why humans move the way we do, and how these ideas have been applied to enhance the performance of elite athletes. Some of these ideas will challenge beliefs of “ideal” or “model” movement techniques and shed light on how athletes of all abilities can improve their sporting performance.
The talk is free and there will be cheese and wine!
Series This talk is part of the Whiston Society Science Talks series.
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