An insight into the reversal of rotation in the Hecht vault

Human Movement Science

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 517-532

  Sprigings, Eric J ^a   Yeadon, Maurice R ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gymnastics; Hecht; Model; Simulation; Vault

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031164747     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-9457(97)00006-7     Document Type: Article

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