DocumentCode
2496576
Title
Investigating the translational and rotational motion of the swing using accelerometers for athlete skill assessment
Author
Ahmadi, Amin ; Rowlands, D.D. ; James, D.A. ; Ahmadi, Amin
fYear
2006
fDate
22-25 Oct. 2006
Firstpage
980
Lastpage
983
Abstract
In this paper, an accelerometer measurement system comprising three accelerometer nodes was used to identify the correlation between the skill level and the characteristics of the first serve swing in tennis. Three MEMS accelerometers were mounted on the knee, leg, and wrist of the tennis players. The kinematic model for the first serve was observed. Furthermore, this study revealed that side-forward motion of the hand along with the forward motion of the waist of an athlete can be used as indicator to assess the athlete´s skill level. It is envisaged that this application can provide feedback to tennis players.
Keywords
accelerometers; biomechanics; kinematics; micromechanical devices; sport; MEMS accelerometers; athlete skill assessment; kinematic model; rotational motion; tennis swing; translational motion; Acceleration; Accelerometers; Australia; Feedback; Kinematics; Kinetic theory; Knee; Micromechanical devices; Monitoring; Wrist;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Sensors, 2006. 5th IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location
Daegu
ISSN
1930-0395
Print_ISBN
1-4244-0375-8
Electronic_ISBN
1930-0395
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICSENS.2007.355788
Filename
4178783
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