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Dwain Chambers PE coursework

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Coursework, 2008 An analysis of Dwain Chambers 100m final sprint at the 2003 Paris world championships (august 25th 2003), where he finished fourth in a time of 10.08s. Unit 1: - Movement analysis Sprinting is an event fairly low in technical prowess, but high in power, and this is down predominantly to the sequence of movements which allow the athlete to run. During the main body of the sprint (I.e. after the start) there are two phases, the 'drive phase' and 'recovery phase.' The drive phase of Chambers sprint was the time where his foot was in contact with the track and his muscles (mainly his in his legs) contracted to move him along. Dwain Chambers would have performed hyperextension at his ball and socket hip joint during his drive phase, and this action would have been brought about by the contraction of the gluteus maximus and minimus muscles, as well as...

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