What is biomechanics? Mention the importance of biomechanics in physical education and sports?

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Biomechanics in sports depicts the description, detailed analysis and assessment of human movement during sport activities.
The importance of biomechanics in physical education and sports is mentioned below -
i. It Improves performance in sports: It tell us about right techniques, effective and result oriented posture to get more efficient results by applying minimum muscular force which in turn improves performance in sports.
ii. Improvement in technique: It helps in improving the game and performance of the player.
iii. Development of improved sports equipment: It is used to modify the sports equipments. For example, tee shirts, studs, spikes, swimming costumes, hockey sticks, different size footballs and low weight helmets for protection.
iv. Improve in training techniques: It helps a teacher to analyse the player’s movement or action .
v. Prevents sports injuries: It helps to find out the factors or the forces that can lead to the injuries during the game situation. It also helps in prevention of the sports injury.
vi. Helps in understanding human body: It gives the knowledge of different systems of our body. For example, nervous system, muscular system and skeletal system.
vii. Knowledge of safety princple: It gives the understanding to analyse different movements that can harm the player. The teachers remove those unnecessary and harmful movements.
viii. Helps in research work: It helps in teaching and learning process. It also helps the teacher to acquire precision and accuracy of movement.
ix. Creates confidence in player: The player knows that he is executing the movement scientifically with the help of principal of biomechanics. Thus the confidence of the player is enhanced.
x. Helps in maintaining healthy body: It gives deep knowledge about the effect of physical forces and movements over the body as well as the movements which are safe and promotes health. Thus biomechanics helps in maintaining healthy body.
xi. Increases the popularity of sports: The principles have brought remarkable improvements in respect of technique, equipment, skill and play fields. It helps in promoting the games and sports in the masses.
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