Assessment
1. Anthropomet Technical movement in exercise and sport is subject to these influences in
ric and anath- omy
geometric
Ditterent body dimensions and body-segment lengths
2. Anatomical
phe- notypes
3. Localized If there is an anatomical ditterence it needs to be:
4. Vitruvian Man Leonardo da Vinci - The sketch shows man as the measure of all things,
both
literally and figuratively. The square in which the figure is positioned
represents the terrestrial, whereas the circle represents the universe
and the abstract.
5. Height The length of a man's outspread arms is equal to his height. -da Vinci
6. One-eighth From the bottom of the chin to the top of the head is how much of a
man's height?
-da Vinci
7. Head What is used as a reference length in da Vinci's-based systems in
determining the total length of the body, the length of body segments,
and their placement on the body.
8. Seven and a How many head lengths do most common models use to establish the
half or eight height of the average body?
9. Longer than aver- An elbow observed to be well below the level of the belly button in an
eight head
age po- sitions and move- ment
10. Geometry of
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model indicates an arm - or at longer than average (if the torso length is average)
least an upper arm - that is
Deviations from average anthropometry will also necessarily change what?
11. Wider grip What will change a out the grip when racking the weight on the
shoulders for pressing or when receiving the bar during a clean if the
athlete has longer forearms
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