Image Files
		The following links will bring up Animation images of Lab Tools found in a sport research lab: Flex Tester Impact Tester Close-up Traction Tester QuickTime Videos to download with images for analysis in the video activity: Basketball player barefoot Basketball player in Converse All-Stars Basketball player in modern shoes
	References Used to Write the Activities
		Learning in Motion. (1994) Measurement in Motion Manual and CD-ROM. Alexander, R.M. (1992). The Human Machine. New York: Columbia University Press. Abstracts from the International Society of Biomechanics Working Group on Functional Footwear Symposium on the Biomechanics of Functional Footwear (1994) Frederick, E. C., Himmelsbach, J.A. (1995). Biomechanics of Court Sports. Biomech. Sem. Vol 9 Alexander, R.M (1994). Human Elasticity. Physics Education. Physics Education. Vol. 29, 358-362 Farley, C. (1995). Springboard Model. Knowledge Revolution Working Model Software, Personal Communication, used with permission Praxmarer, N. (1994). Measurement of Foot Stiffness Distribution and Computational Simulation of Plantar Pressure Distribution. Symposium on The Biomechanics of Functional Footwear, Eighth Biennial Conference of the Canadian Society of Biomechanics Frederick, E.C., (1986). Sole with V-oriented flex grooves. US Patent No. 4,562,651 Pennycuick, C.J. (1992). Newton Rules Biology. Oxford University Press
	References On the Web
		ISB Working Group on Footwear Biomechanics - Martyn R. Shorten, PhD., - Everything you ever wanted to know about biomechanics of footwear. An educator friendly site...the best list of resources for sport research on the Internet... Biomechanics World Wide - Lots of links to all the myriad worlds of biomechanics...try it, you'll like it... UC Berkeley Locomotion Laboratory - A real biomechanics lab at a real University...these people range far and wide...from humans to ants, from computer simulations to real world studies, see how real scientists work... SHOEINFONET - Tons of info on shoes...historical, modern, manufacturing...seeing is believing... Gatorade Sports Science Institute - And you thought it was only the stuff dumped on the winning coach...they've got one of the best commercial / educational sites for sport research on the web... GVU: Animation Lab - Heavy into computer animation and simulation...and I thought beating Carl Lewis at the long jump on decathlon on the Apple II was the high point of my life... The Edgerton Center's Online Photo Gallery - The "Man" of high speed photography...some small college in Mass...MIT something or other... Learning in Motion Home Page - Software used in the Video Analysis activity of Slam Dunk Science...the original, and still the best... Knowledge Revolution - Software used in the Computer Simulation activity of Slam Dunk Science...if your physics department hasn't discovered Knowledge Revolution, shame on them... Vernier Software - The company that started computer based labs in science...founded by a teacher who is a great guy...there is life after teaching...another Slam Dunk Science favorite...