Complex Sports Biodynamics

by Ivancevic, Tijana T.; Jovanovic, Bojan; Djukic, Swetta; Djukic, Milorad; Markovic, Sasa

• ISBN13: 9783540899709
• ISBN10: 3540899707
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-03-01
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

What are motor abilities of Olympic champions? What are essential cognitive characteristics of Mark Spitz, Carl Lewis and Roger Federer? What are the secrets of selection for the future Olympic champions? Does for every sport exist a unique model of an Olympic champion? "Complex Sports Biodynamics" gives modern scientific answers to the above questions. Its purpose is to give you the answer to everything you ever wanted to ask about sport champions and advanced tennis in particular. It dispels classical myths of a "biomechanically sound" serve, forehand, and backhand, and describes and explains the physical and mental abilities of a champion in future tennis with full appreciation to the long-time world number one, Roger Federer. Regarding the future tennis champion model outlined in this book, the Federer'model will be taken as a basis. This book includes 12 chapters on various topics related to complex sports biodynamics, a strong list of references on sports science in general and tennis in particular, as well as a comprehensive index. To make the book more readable for the widest possible audience, the last Chapter on tennis has been written in a popular (non-rigorous) question & answer format.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
CSB-Physics and Metaphysics	p. 5
Qualitative CSB and Standard Physical Theory	p. 7
Poincaré's Qualitative Dynamics	p. 7
Poincaré's Point of View: Phase-Portrait	p. 7
Standard Description of a Physical Theory	p. 9
CSB-Structure and Function	p. 11
Basic Input-Output CSB-System	p. 11
Example of a 'Pure CSB-System': Human Skeletal Muscle	p. 13
Example of an 'Applied CSB-System': Sprint Velocity Curve	p. 20
CSB-Biomechanics: Structure and Function of Human Motion	p. 23
History	p. 23
Group Dynamics	p. 25
Hamiltonian Biomechanics	p. 27
Muscular Mechanics	p. 30
Elements of Muscular Histology	p. 30
Huxley's Sliding-Filaments Dynamics	p. 32
Hill's Force-Velocity (Thermo) Dynamics	p. 33
Basic Musculo-Skeletal Dynamics	p. 34
Stretch Reflex and Motor Servo	p. 36
Cerebellar Movement Control	p. 39
Closing the (Bio) Mechanical Circle	p. 45
Biomechanical Chain	p. 47
Estimation of Musculo-Skeletal Parameters	p. 49
Measurement of Muscular Input Torqes	p. 49
Measurement of Skeleton and Joint Parameters	p. 50
Testing of Model Outputs	p. 50
Further Analysis of Model Outputs	p. 51
Stochastic Forces	p. 51
CSB-System	p. 55
Linear CSB	p. 55
Functional CSB	p. 58
Nonlinear CSB	p. 60
CSB-Cognition	p. 62
CSB-Synergetics: Escape from Chaos	p. 69
Biomechanical Chaos	p. 69
Basic Principles of Synergetics	p. 70
Phase Transitions	p. 72
Order Parameters	p. 74
Macroscopic Biomechanics	p. 75
Control of the Biomechanical Chaos	p. 76
CSB-Subsystems: Energy and Information Flows	p. 79
CSB-Energy Flows	p. 79
The Immediate Energy Source	p. 79
The Principle of Coupled Reactions	p. 79
ATP - PC: The Phosphagen System	p. 80
The Lactic Acid System	p. 80
The Oxygen, or Aerobic, System	p. 81
The Energy Continuum Concept	p. 82
CSB-Information Flows	p. 83
CSB-Motor Learning	p. 83
CSB-Adaptive Filtration	p. 84
Neuro-CSB: Artificial Neural Networks	p. 87
Introduction	p. 87
History	p. 88
Backpropagation of Error	p. 91
Encoding	p. 91
Recall - Test	p. 92
Hopfield Neural Network	p. 93
CSB-Neurodynamics: The Cerebellum	p. 97
CSB-Intelligence	p. 105
Human Mind	p. 105
Human Intelligence	p. 143
Psychometric Definition of Intelligence	p. 145
Correlation and Factor Analysis	p. 149
Cognitive Versus Not-Cognitive Intelligence	p. 173
Intelligence and Cognitive Development	p. 175
Psychophysics	p. 179
Human Problem Solving	p. 185
Human Mind	p. 192
The Mind-Body Problem	p. 197
Analytical Psychology	p. 209
Smart CSB-Agents for Games Modelling	p. 215
CSB-Agents	p. 215
Types of CSB-Agents	p. 217
Deliberate Agents	p. 217
Reactive Agents	p. 219
Hybrid Agents	p. 220
CSB-Agents' Environments	p. 221
CSB-Agents' Reasoning and Learning	p. 224
Reasoning and Behavior	p. 224
Rational Reasoning	p. 225
Psycho-CSB: Mental Concentration in Sport	p. 229
Introduction	p. 229
Concentration in Sport: Experiences of Top Athletes	p. 231
Concentration Exercises for Training and Competition	p. 232
Inspiration and Enthusiasm, Discipline and Progress	p. 232
Tennis Champion of the Future	p. 235
Introduction	p. 235
Contemporary Tennis Science	p. 237
Tennis Muscles	p. 237
Tennis Anatomy	p. 242
Tennis Energetics	p. 243
Tennis Biomechanics	p. 249
Motor Control in Tennis	p. 255
Tennis Psychology	p. 258
Tennis Science of the Future	p. 266
High Performance in Tennis	p. 266
Athleticism in Tennis	p. 267
Muscular Slingshots	p. 272
The Biomechanics of Whip-Like Movements	p. 281
Superior Tennis Weapons	p. 282
Mental Training in Tennis	p. 285
Tennis Chess	p. 289
The Tennis Champion of the Future	p. 291
A Fuzzy-Logic Tennis Simulator	p. 293
References	p. 299
Index	p. 319
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