Control of twisting somersaults
A double straight somersault is unstable in the sense that there will
be a noticeable build-up of twist unless in-flight corrections are made
using asymmetrical arm movement. In a twisting somersault the final amounts
of twist and somersault rotation will only be close to those desired if
in-flight adjustments in body configuration are made. These articles use
computer simulation to investigate such control strategies.
Publications
- Sayyah, M., Hiley, M.J., King M.A. and Yeadon, M.R. 2018. Functional variability in the flight phase of one metre springboard forward dives. Human Movement Science 59, 234-243.
- Yeadon, M.R. and Hiley, M.J. 2014. The control of twisting somersaults. Journal of Biomechanics 47, 1340 – 1347.
- Yeadon, M.R. and Knight, J.P. 2012. A virtual environment for learning to view during aerial movements. Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering 15, 919-924.
- Yeadon, M.R. and Mikulcik, E.C. 2000. Stability and control of aerial movements. In: Biomechanics and biology of movement (eds. B.M. Nigg and B.R. MacIntosh), pp. 211-221. Champaign: Human Kinetics.
- Yeadon, M.R. and Mikulcik, E.C. 1996. The control of non-twisting somersaults using configurational changes. Journal of Biomechanics 29, 1341-1348.
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