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...variables has provided a fertile field for biomechanics experts, who use infrared lasers, force plates, high-speed video cameras and computers to isolate the motions and moments that make a difference. Scientists have analyzed every type of athletic movement, from a diver's twist to a runner's stride, from a weight lifter's lunge to a rower's stroke...
...success of American hurdler Edwin Moses shows how critical changes in technique can be. Before the 1976 Games, Moses, a physics major in college and a strong proponent of sports science, analyzed his stride and discovered that it was longer than most hurdlers'. That, he figured, could enable him to shave a step from the traditional 14 that most competitors took between vaults in the 400-m hurdles'. Moses won the gold and wrote a paper on the biomechanics of running 13-step hurdles. Four years ago, at the U.S. Olympic trials, backstroker David Berkoff set a new world record...
After some early season struggles, Cooper eventually hit her stride and won six out of her seven Ivy matches down the stretch--a crucial contribution to the team's league championship. "I had to have a new mindset," she says. "I couldn't measure myself against my old standards...
...Stride-Rite winner Joseph W. Secondine '92 agrees with Johnson's observation. "Like a lot of other people involved with PBH, I got draw into it slowly," says Secondine, who chaired the Committee on the Homeless and directed the Native American Youth Enrichment Program...
Next year, she will work on a public health program in Lebanon, with the Lebanese Family Planning Association. the Stride-Rite winner says she will talk about proper health care with people in the worst affected areas of the country, and that she will volunteer in health clinics in the villages...