Kinesiology 2241A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 31: Pole Bending

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Rotation of the body can also occur when the body is in contact with the ground, apparatus or equipment. This means 2 sources of force are acting on the body: gravity, reaction forces from the external support. The athlete (cid:272)a(cid:374) rotate a(cid:271)out a(cid:374) axis that does(cid:374) t pass through the (cid:272)e(cid:374)tre of (cid:373)ass: there can be more than 1 axis of rotation. With supported rotation, conservation of angular momentum is a special case. It does not need to be conserved: angular momentum is conserved when the rotation is symmetrical. During the rotation, resistive forces (friction and air drag) always oppose the rotation. These forces slowly reduce the angular momentum of the athlete. For the gymnast to maintain a giant circle against the resistive forces of bar friction and air drag, they will have to generate a small amount of angular momentum continuously by altering the radius of gyration.

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