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The design and manufacture of sports equipment is based on several engineering and scientific disciplines. These include mechanical engineering design, biomechanics, fracture mechanics, materials science and many aspects of the anatomy and physiology of the participant. The design philosophy of sports equipment has nowadays two main objectives: to improve sporting performance; and to maintain freedom from injury. In this chapter we search for clues as to how these objectives may be achieved in practice.
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© 1993 K.E. Easterling
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Easterling, K.E. (1993). Sports equipment and philosophy of design. In: Advanced Materials for Sports Equipment. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1556-8_1
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