Introduction.
- Qualifications
- Organization
- Evaluation
- Schedule for tests
- Scores and Grading Parameters
1. The Science of Motion
- Vectors
- Equations of Motion
- Newton's Laws
- What causes acceleration?
- Forces and acceleration
- Action and Reaction
- Free-body diagrams
2. Energy and Momentum
- Energy and Work
- Momentum
- Conservation Laws
- Center of Mass
- The Fosbury Flop
- The Grand Jete
- Projectile Motion
- Optimal Launch Angles
- Collisions
3. Bodies in Motion: Human Limitations
- Levers: the Body as Machine
- Muscle Fibers
- Muscle Strength
- The Law of Muscles
- Power output
- Muscle Efficiency
- Energy Content of Food
- Strength of Materials
- Fatigue
- Response time
- Scaling laws
4. Rotational Motion
- Moment of Inertia
- Torque
- The physical pendulum: a model for your legs
- Angular Momentum
5. Fluid Dynamics
- Lift and the Bernoulli Principle
- Reynolds Number
- Drag Coefficient and Power Requirements
- The Magnus Effect: Why a curveball curves
- Lift in sailing, rowing, and swimming
6. Beating the Limits I: Training
- Endurance training
- Strength training
- Periodization
- Split training
- Plyometrics
- Training for Speed
7. Beating the Limits II: Technology
- Aerodynamics
- New materials: energy transfer from bats, raquets, and clubs
- Intelligent design: sweet spots
Notes on the History of Sports Physics
- Ancient olympics; jumping, sprinting
- Horsemanship through the ages.
- Martial arts
- Technology innovation in boat propulsion
