Optimum release angle in the shot put

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 359-372

  Linthorne, Nicholas P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Athletics; Projectile; Release angle; Shot put; Sports biomechanics

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY HEIGHT; CALCULATION; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; EXERCISE; FLIGHT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; SPORT; STRENGTH; VELOCITY;

BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICS; SPORTS EQUIPMENT; TRACK AND FIELD;

EID: 0035022916     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640410152006135     Document Type: Article

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