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Volume 17 No. 2 pdf Version, Nov. 27, 2000

International Society of Biomechanics in Sports Newsletter

TABLE OF CONTENTS

President’s Message ................................................................................................................ 2Coaches Information Service (CIS) ........................................................................................ 4'Sport Biomechanics' Journal ................................................................................................. 5

Vice Presidents’ Reports .......................................................................................................... 7VP for Awards ..................................................................................................................... 7VP for Research & Projects ................................................................................................. 8VP for Publications ............................................................................................................... 9

Secretary General’s Report .................................................................................................... 10Minutes of the Annual General Meeting, June 29, 2000, Hong Kong ....................................... 11Treasurer’s Report, 2000 ..................................................................................................... 11VP for Research & Projects’ Report, 2000 .......................................................................... 13VP for Awards’ Report, 2000 .............................................................................................. 14VP for Conferences’ Report, 2000 ....................................................................................... 14VP for Public Relations’ Report, 2000 .................................................................................. 16

New ISBS Members ................................................................................................................ 18Quality Control Committee (QCC).......................................................................................... 19ISBS 2000: A Look Backwards, Post Conference Report .................................................... 21ISBS 2001: A Look Into the Near Future, Biomechanics Symposia 2001 ............................ 22Membership Statistics ..............................................................................................................24Board of Directors ................................................................................................................... 25ISBS Membership Application Form ...................................................................................... 26

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President’s Message:Ross Sanders

ISBS2000Wow! What a great conference in Hong Kong.Bad luck to those who couldn’t make it.Congratulations to Youlian Hong and his team.On your behalf I have sent the following letter tothe Vice Chancellor of the Chinese University ofHong Kong and copied it to several of the higherechelon of that University:

August 28, 2000Dear Professor KC LI:

I am writing as the President of the InternationalSociety of Biomechanics in Sports to express theSociety’s delight with the outstanding workconducted by Dr Youlian Hong, Dr David Johns, andtheir team in organizing the ISBS 2000 Symposiumat the Chinese University of Hong Kong. The qualityof their work and attention to detail was evident inall aspects of the conference including advertising,processing and reviewing of paper submissions,accommodation, and registration, attractingsponsorships and exhibits, and in the socialactivities.

Over a period of many years the ISBS has hostedexcellent conferences. Through the work of previousconference organizers and the current VP ofConferences, Dr Tony Bauer, very high standards oforganization have been set. Dr Hong and his teamnot only maintained these standards but alsoimproved them with respect to several aspects.Further, Youlian and his team developed someinnovations to give the symposium a uniqueatmosphere in keeping with the culture in this partof Asia. Delegates greatly appreciated the culturalexperiences and social activities organized by theteam.

From a very early stage in the organization Youlianenthusiastically sought the assistance andcooperation of members of the ISBS Executive andBoard of Directors. The quality of the conferencereflects Youlian’s ability to lead in a professionaland stimulating manner, integrating the experienceand abilities of many individuals to optimize theoutcome.

It is difficult to describe the enormity of the task oforganizing a conference and the amount of finedetail and organization that is conducted ‘behindthe scenes’. A true appreciation is only gained when

one actually organizes a conference. Havingconducted the 1999 conference I know that the levelof efficient organization achieved by Youlian and histeam is only possible with the cooperation anddedication of the team members and the support ofthe host institution. Therefore, I congratulate theChinese University of Hong Kong on its support.Delegates take with them a highly favorableimpression of the Chinese University of Hong Kongto many parts of the world. I also congratulate andthank Professor Leung and The Golden JubileeAnniversary Fund of New Asia College andProfessor Chung and the Faculty of Education fortheir sponsorship.

In closing, I would like to make special mention ofthe Scientific and Applied Proceedings produced bythe team and, in particular, the quality andconsistency achieved. Particular tribute is owed tothe editors Dr Hong, Dr Johns, and Mrs. Johns fortheir meticulous effort. It is a ‘Herculean’ task tocoordinate the review and editing process of such alarge number of papers, many of which are writtenby authors for whom English is not their mainlanguage, while also ensuring that the Proceedingsare printed to be available at the time ofregistration. This achievement was outstanding.

Sincerely,

Ross H. Sanders

Congratulations to Youlian also, together withGene Brown and the Awards committee, for thesuccessful implementation of membership lapelpins.

ISBS2001John Blackwell certainly has a ‘hard act tofollow’ for ISBS 2001 in San Francisco.However, current indications are that his teamwill also do an outstanding job and bring yetanother unique cultural experience to ISBSmembers. Please have a look at John’simpressive website:http://www.usfca.edu/ess/sym2001/

Presidents Report Presented at the AGMIn this year’s report at the AGM I ‘waxedlyrical’ with some historical references and avision of the future:

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If the first International Society of Biomechanics inSport Conference held in June 1982 is regarded asthe birth of the ISBS then the ISBS is now 18 yearsold. In many countries this age is significant and isoften celebrated as the attainment of adulthood. Thisbeing the case it is appropriate to have a quick lookback at the conception, infancy, childhood andadolescence of the Society because events in herupbringing have a major effect on her future andfulfillment of her destiny.

The father of the ISBS is Juris Terauds. He had adesire to engender a being that would devote its lifeto sport biomechanics and its application. So herecruited several partners in this quest. This resultedsome time later in the birth of the ISBS on June 20,1982 in San Diego with 123 witnesses.

The vision of the parents, uncles and aunts was thatas junior grew she would fulfil her role in life. Herdestiny was to:

² Bridge the gap between sports biomechanicsresearchers and practitioners in teaching,coaching, training and rehabilitation.

² Conduct worldwide meetings to expand anddisseminate knowledge in sports biomechanics.

² Promote practical sports biomechanicsresearch.

Junior showed great promise as she grew. From avery young age she was already achieving respectfor her ability to conduct worldwide meetings. Shewas dabbling in ‘bridging the gap’ but still hadmuch to learn. She was becoming more steady, bettercoordinated, stronger, and was starting to earn therespect of older and more established cousins.

A major milestone in her life was a period of rapidgrowth in 1996 as a 14 year old. At her meeting inMadeira she showed her potential and wasblossoming. She was now becoming more attractiveto her self assured cousins with the guidance andsteadying influence of her uncles and aunts,particularly Uncle Joao and Uncle Renato.

At the age of 16 she was ready to broaden herhorizons and show her wares to the world. By nowshe had accumulated vast reserves of usefulknowledge and was looking for a way to share itmore effectively. Fortunately, she had two veryclever uncles who knew about modern technology tohelp her. Uncle Hans and Uncle Manfred set her upto fulfil her life’s mission as an adult. She owes thema tremendous debt and is now eager to take fulladvantage of the opportunities they gave her.

Now, this capable young adult is ready to break freeof any remaining shackles and insecurities toeffectively fulfil her destiny. But what must she do todiscover her independence and function withoutconstraint? As a young adult she is facing someharsh realities of life. She must make her own way.She can no longer rely on the benevolence and careof friends and relatives. How will she obtain theresources she needs to expand her mission?

To survive independently as an adult in acompetitive and changing world she must look forways to sell herself. Not her body, but her vastaccumulated knowledge. In this way she can fulfilthe role for which she was destined without relyingon ‘handouts’.

The consumers of her knowledge will be the coaches,physical education teachers, and sportsparticipants. Her products will be sold throughvarious channels established by her aunts anduncles:

² Her proceedings² Her data retrieval system on the WWW² Her sport specific applied websites² Her teaching website² Her hard copy journal² Her electronic journal

If she recognizes her potential she will be supportedby revenue from sports related companies whoadvertise to the consumers of her knowledge. Thismoney will enable her to conduct research to furtheradvance sports biomechanics knowledge. In this wayshe will be a most inspiring, independent, andsuccessful adult.

I have provided an overview, in a somewhat crypticand light-hearted manner, of how the vision andefforts of some of our members, and the participationof all members in the ISBS, have put the Society atthe threshold of establishing a tremendous capacityto carry out its mission. Whether we capitalizemaximally on the opportunities afforded by moderntechnologies and their associated economies,depends on the important decisions made by ourmembers, Board of Directors, and Executive. I hopethat you enjoy being a part of exciting changes inthe ISBS that will shape its future towardsachievement of its destiny.

Before closing I would like to extend a sincerethanks to the Executive of the ISBS for theiroutstanding efforts and cooperation over the lastyear. Given that the Executive are all volunteerswith extremely busy work schedules, there has beenan astonishing volume of communication. Even

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more astonishing is that the communication hasresulted in considerable achievement. I will leave itto the extremely energetic and capable VicePresidents of the ISBS to inform you in more detail oftheir various activities.

Ross Sanders (President)

As I indicated in the above report, I will leavethe Vice Presidents to inform you of theiractivities and achievements.

Thank You to Those Who Have ServedI add my thanks to those of Stuart (please seeStuart’s Column) to all those who havecompleted their tenure on the Board of Directorsor Executive of the ISBS. They have assistedgreatly the growth of the Society.

Coaches Information Service (CIS)We’re All in This Together

The ISBS applied home pages are flourishing.You will recall from previous correspondencethat this site is one of our effective ways ofdisseminating scientific information to sportspractitioners including coaches, competitors andteachers. We also have a goal of attractingincome by various means that are beinginvestigated. Market research recentlyconducted by Edinburgh Research andInnovation has indicated clearly that the CIS hasstrong commercial potential. A large part of theincome from the site will be used to supportresearch conducted by ISBS members.

I believe that the time is right for this venture to‘take off’. Personal PCs are now powerfulenough to run video clips that can show thedifference between good and poor technique andhow injuries may be avoided. The potential todeliver sport biomechanics information in a‘coach friendly’ way through this medium isenormous. Please have look at the sites (alsoaccessible from the main ISBS website):http://www.education.ed.ac.uk/cis/.

To get an idea of the potential of the site byhaving interactive articles that contain

instructional video clips have a look at the paperon golf by Fairweather et al:http://www.education.ed.ac.uk/golf/fsr.html

The CIS has now reached a stage whereby it isapparent that there is great potential for theISBS provided that the ISBS works as a team. Ihave been heartened by the response of theExecutive and others to assist in driving thisventure forwards. As Chair of the QualityControl Committee Hans Gros has been active inestablishing guidelines for authors (see Hanssection later in NL). As VP Public RelationsRenato Rodano is helping to publicise the CIS byinforming, and enlisting the support of prominentsports administrators. He is being assisted byLaurie Malone. Wayne Marino is coordinating aneffort by all ISBS members to promote the siteto students and coaches in member's local areas.Several of the Executive are leading by exampleby being compiler/editors for specific sports.

How you can help?You can contribute to this venture in severalways:

² Write ‘coach friendly’ articles for one ofthe sites and submit it to the relevantcompiler/editor. It is possible that authorswill receive an income based on ‘hits’ totheir article or on ‘downloads’ of the article.

² Be a compiler/editor. Do you have aninterest in a sport that is not yet featured? Ifso, check the Guidelines of the QualityControl Committee and contact the Chair ofthe QCC, Hans Gros.

² Tell practitioners about the site. The morepeople that use the site, the more moneythat will be generated for ISBS members toconduct research.

² Identify companies that might be interestedin sponsoring one of the sites or inadvertising on one or more of the sites.

Applied HomepagesFor a list of proposed sites, please see thesection of the Quality Control Committee.The applied home pages in place or underconstruction at the present time are:

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Compiled and edited by

Basketball Stuart Miller, Leeds Metropolitan University, England(S.Miller@lmu.ac.uk)

Field Athletics Angus Burnett, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia(a.burnett@cowan.edu.au)

Golf Malcolm Fairweather, The University of Edinburgh, Scotland(m.fairweather@ed.ac.uk)

Gymnastics Spiros Prassas, Colorado State University, USA(prassas@lamar.colostate.edu)

Paralympics Brendan Burkett, University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia(BBurkett@usc.edu.au)

Rowing Richard Smith, Cumberland College, Sydney University, Australia.(R.Smith@cchs.usyd.edu.au)

Soccer

Eugene Brown, Michigan State University, USA(ewbrown@pilot.msu.edu) & Pekka Luhtanen, Foundation forResearch & Development in Olympic Sports, Finland(pluhta@kihu.jyu.fi)

Strength &Conditioning

Mike Stone, The University of Edinburgh, Scotland(m.stone@ed.ac.uk)

Swimming Ross Sanders, The University of Edinburgh, Scotland(r.sanders@ed.ac.uk)

Tennis Bruce Elliott, The University of Western Australia, Australia(Bruce.Elliott@uwa.edu.au)

Track Athletics Drew Harrison, The University of Limerick, Ireland(drewh_2001@yahoo.co.uk)

Volleyball Simon Coleman, The University of Edinburgh, Scotland(s.coleman@ed.ac.uk)

‘Sport Biomechanics’ Journal

Call for PapersAt the AGM the membership voted unanimouslyto proceed with developing a journal owned bythe ISBS. The journal will be called ‘SportBiomechanics’. The University of EdinburghPress (UEP) will be publisher of the Journal.UEP and ISBS have signed the pertinentmemorandum of agreement. Every member willreceive the issues of the journal as part of theirmembership fee. Of course, the membership feewill be increased to cover the cost of productionof the journal. Papers for the inaugural issue, tobe released in March 2001 have been solicitedand are to be reviewed in October andNovember. We now invite papers to besubmitted for consideration for subsequentissues. Guidelines for authors appear below:

Author Guidelines for Papers Submitted to‘Sport Biomechanics’Papers may be submitted for publication in anyof the following sections of Sport Biomechanics:Original Applied Research; Strength andConditioning; Reviews; Teaching; NewMethods and Theoretical Perspectives.

Regardless of the section, the articles must bescientifically rigorous and will be peer reviewedby at least two reviewers with expertise in thetopic. The review will be blind, that is, noindication of the authors' names or affiliationswill be sent to reviewers. Where appropriate,information to establish the validity of themethods, and the magnitudes of errors, should beprovided (other than in review articles). Thereshould be sufficient information of a technicalnature to allow duplication of the study by others.The material should be fastidiously referenced in

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keeping with the requirements of other scientificjournals.

Notwithstanding the above, authors shouldendeavor to write in a style that is 'readerfriendly' and, in particular, 'coach friendly'.Achieving this while maintaining scientific rigor isobviously a major challenge for authors,reviewers and the editorial team. Authors arerequired to adhere to the following:

Title: The title should reflect the practicalimportance of the research as well as indicate itsscientific basis. Thought should be given tocapturing the interest of practitioners withoutdetracting from the scientific nature and merit ofthe research.

Abstract: The abstract should be limited to 200words and should conclude with clear statementsregarding the practical implications of theresearch for practitioners or, in the case ofarticles for ‘New Methods and TheoreticalPerspectives’, for sport biomechanists.

Introduction: The introduction should clearlyelaborate the potential benefits of the researchand its findings for sport practitioners (coachesand competitors). The purpose should be statedin a manner that highlights the practical benefitsof the study. An outline of how particularvariables are related to performance, in simpleterms, could be included in the Introduction ifappropriate.

Methods: The method should clearly establishthe overall procedures and the subject populationinvolved. The method should include all relevanttechnical information to clearly establish thescientific merit of the study. However, authorsshould present this material in as readable amanner as possible and provide guidance wheredifficult and technical information is presented.Material that is difficult such as complexmathematical models should be included as anAppendix and referred to in the Method section.Elaborate statistical procedures and validationprocedures should also be included in theAppendix.The Method section may also incorporate thefollowing:

² Simple definitions of technical terms (thismay be included as a section of its own atthe beginning of the methods section).

² If appropriate, and if not alreadyincorporated into the Introduction, adescription of the rationale for selectingparticular variables for analysis and theirrelationship to performance or injury shouldbe included. This description should be insimple terms with an appropriate headingsuch as 'Variables Selected for Analysisand their Relevance to Performance (orInjury)'.

Results: The Results section should be written inas friendly a manner as possible. However, noclaims should be made without citing the relevantstatistical results. Sport practitioners should notbe prevented from grasping the results due to alack of knowledge of statistical procedures andterminology. The statements should reflect bothrigor and readability.

Discussion and Implications: This sectionshould be separate from the Results section andshould elaborate the implications of the results.It should be possible to read this section freelyand without recourse to the statistical results orfurther statistical information and terminology.In fact, practitioners should be able to skip theresults section and be able to comprehend thefindings of the study, and their implications forsport performance and/or injury prevention, fromthis section alone. Achieving this will require skillfrom authors to restate findings in simple termswithout appearing to repeat unnecessarily theinformation provided in the Results section. Ifappropriate this section may include coachingpractices, training drills and activities that areindicated by or arise from the research orreview.

Conclusions: This section should summarize themain outcomes of the paper in terms of scientificfindings and their practical implications.

Submitting the ManuscriptTo expedite the review process manuscripts willbe handled in electronic form. Manuscriptsshould be submitted to the Editor by e-mail as anattachment, preferably as an MS Word (.doc) or

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alternatively as an RTF. Currently the editor’s e-mail address is r.sanders@ed.ac.uk.

Manuscripts should be written in English, double-spaced in Arial 12 Font with normal characterspacing. The formatting style should beaccording to the guidelines in the PublicationManual of the American PsychologicalAssociation (APA), Fourth Edition, 1994(examples of this format can be seen in anyedition of Journal of Applied Biomechanics).Tables and figures should be appended to thedocument, each on a separate page, rather thanwithin the document. Do not send figures inEPS format. If you have figures requiring largeblocks of memory (larger than 1.4 MB) pleasesend the document ZIPPED.

On the basis of the review your paper will becategorized as one of the following:

² Reject: Not suitable for publication in SportBiomechanics.

² Reject and resubmit: The paper is rejectedunless the authors can make satisfactoryresponses to the reviewers' concerns. Thepaper will then be accepted only if all theconcerns are addressed to the satisfactionof the reviewers.

² Accept with minor changes: The authorsmust respond to the reviewers' concerns tothe satisfaction of the editor.

² Accept: The paper is accepted with onlyminor editing required at the discretion ofthe editor.

Vice Presidents’ Reports

VP for Awards: CBarbara Gowitzke

As Eugene Brown assumed his new role asPresident-Elect of the International Society ofBiomechanics in Sports (ISBS), it followed thathis second year in the position of Vice-President,Awards should be assumed by someone else.Duly appointed by the Board at its meeting inHong Kong, I am honored to serve in thiscapacity once again, but also mindful of the factthat Gene did a masterful job of chairing theAwards Committee for many years. He has lefta legacy for the Society, and copious notes forthose of us who follow. Thanks, Gene.

At the recent and highly successful XVIIIInternational Symposium of Biomechanics inSports held in Hong Kong, two members werehonored. Dr. Bruce R. Mason was honored asthe Geoffrey Dyson Lecturer. Head of theBiomechanics Department at the AustralianInstitute of Sport in Canberra, Australia, Dr.Mason presented a very interesting lectureentitled “Providing a Service to an Elite NationalSports Program”. He was presented with theISBS traditional jade crystal award piece that

has been established to honor the GeoffreyDyson Lecturer.

The other member to be honored was a youngnew investigator by the name of Young-TaeLim, from the Yeungnam University inKyungsan, Korea, for his research paper entitled“Estimated Lumbar Spinal Loads during a GolfSwing using an EMG-Assisted OptimizationModel Approach”. At the closing banquet, hewas presented with an ISBS plaquecommemorating the New Investigator Award.

ISBS has been naming Geoffrey DysonLecturers ever since 1987 after Juris Teraudsinitiated the lecture series by providing adiscourse on the man, Geoffrey Dyson. Thenaming of ISBS Fellows and Life Memberscommenced in 1989 following passage of thecurrent Constitution and By-Laws. And theNew Investigator Award was launched inPrague in 1990 thanks to the work of PetrSusanka. According to the ISBS By-Laws, theresponsibility for naming recipients of theseawards rests with the Awards Committee. But,I would add, the responsibility for makingsuggestions of possible candidates for theseawards rests with the ISBS membership.

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The Geoffrey Dyson LecturerThe most prestigious honor of the Society is theone accorded to the Geoffrey Dyson Lecturer.Qualifications for selection should be high andthe selection process should be rigorous.Accordingly, the Society, at its 1987 meeting ofthe Board of Directors accepted the followingguidelines for selecting the Geoffrey DysonLecturer:

² The candidate must have an internationalreputation in the field of sportsbiomechanics in keeping with the reputationof Geoffrey Dyson himself.

² The candidate must have an interest in theapplied nature of sports biomechanics andan ability to communicate with both theresearcher and the practitioner.

² A condition of acceptance shall be that thecandidate delivers personally the GeoffreyDyson Lecture.

The Awards Committee is always eager to learnabout leaders in the field of sports biomechanicswho should be considered for the GeoffreyDyson Lecturer. Suggestions are alwayswelcome and can be made at annual symposia,or by contacting any member of the AwardsCommittee. At this time, the Committee ispreparing to make a selection for the Symposiumto be held in Caceras, Spain in 2002.

ISBS FellowThis category of membership is reserved forindividuals who have made outstandingcontributions in biomechanics related to sportsover a period of years. Put another way, theindividual should be someone who has madecontinuing significant contributions to theprofession of sports biomechanics through his orher teaching, research, writing, and/or speaking.

Since 1989, the Society has named only threeindividuals to be Fellows.

ISBS Life MemberThis category of membership is reserved formembers who have made outstandingcontributions to the Society. Put another way,the member should be someone who has madecontinuing significant contributions to the ISBSthrough serving on its Committees, serving as a

Board member or Officer, or providing asingularly-outstanding service to the Society.

Since 1989, the Society has named fiveindividuals to be Life Members.

New Investigator AwardThe selection of the recipient of the NewInvestigator Award takes place at the annualSymposium of the Society. This purpose of thisaward is to recognize new researchers and toencourage them to become productive membersof the Society by expanding the knowledge baseof sports biomechanics through study anddissemination of information. Eligibilityrequirements and the process for selection areoutlined in detail on the ISBS web site under thecategory “Awards”.

Since 1990, the Society has named 12 NewInvestigators.

The members of the Awards Committee andtheir addresses are as follows:

Tony Bauer tbauer@gale.lakeheadu.caEugene Brown ewbrown@pilot.msu.eduStuart Miller s.miller@lmu.ac.ukBarbara Gowitzke gowitzke@hwcn.org

It is the plan of the Chair to increase the numberof Committee members so that more Boardmembers share in this important responsibility.

We encourage suggestions for candidates to beconsidered for special memberships (i.e.,Fellows, Life Members) and the very specialaward, the Geoffrey Dyson Lecturer. Anysuggestions should be accompanied bysubstantive information about the candidates.The Awards Committee will forward itsnominations to the Executive Council.

VP for Research & Projects: :Richard Smith

This is a very exciting year for Research andProjects. You will have observed all the activityaround the Coaches Information Service (CIS)and the information provided by our President,Ross Sanders at the beginning of this newsletter.

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The success of the CIS will mean funds for sportbiomechanics research. I encourage everyoneto get behind this project. It is huge and willrequire as much input from members (andothers) as possible. Re-read the aboveinformation and see how you can contribute.

The society has been involved with two activeresearch projects during the past year: (1) theInteractive Stepping Machine ResearchGrant Project (SMRGP), and (2) the DiscusResearch Project (DRP).

The SMGRP was jointly sponsored by X-iserIndustries (Juris Terauds, president) andprovided $2,000 in support of a maximum of fiveresearch projects involving the efficacy ofvariable resistance, interactive stepping machinesmanufactured and distributed byX-iser Industries (several units will be providedby X-iser Industries to each grantee, as needed).The specific goal of the project was to facilitateresearch that will identify the optimum short boutvigorous exercise period required for active dailyliving. A grant was awarded to John Chow,University of Illinois, USA for a study entitled"The effect of stepping rate on knee joint forcesduring stepping exercise". We will await theoutcomes of this research.

The DRP was jointly sponsored by the Divisionof Physical Therapy at the University of NorthCarolina at Chapel Hill and USA Track and Field(USATF). It involved the analysis ofvideographic recordings (SVHS, NTSC format)of men’s and women’s discus finals of the 1998USA Track and Field National OutdoorChampionships in New Orleans, Louisiana, June19-21, 1998. Last year a proposal submitted byTomohisa Miyanishi, Faculty of PhysicalEducation, Sendai College, Miyagi, Japan wassupported. The study, involving analysis ofangular momentum during the discus throw ofelite performers, has been completed and apaper was presented at the ISBS Symposium inHong Kong, June 25-30,2000.

Thanks to my predecessor, Larry Noble, for hissignificant contribution to the Society over thelast few years. Activity in the Research and

Projects area under his leadership can be viewedat http://www.uni-stuttgart.de/External/isbs/

VP for Publications:Hans Gros

First, I would like to thank Julie Steele whoserved ISBS as VP Publications since 1996.Julie revitalized the Newsletter and set up thepresent format. For this and her many activitiesas Executive member of ISBS we owe her agreat deal. I look forward to welcome Julie backin the Executive in the near future!I took the office of VP Publications in HongKong. The demands of the job have greatlyexpanded with the 'Sports Biomechanics' Journalappearing in 2001, the Quality ControlCommittee of CIS and the Newsletter. Pleaseaccept my apologies for receiving this issue solate.

Publications CommitteeWelcome to the Publications committee:Henrik Sorensen h.sorensen@mai.ku.dkSang-Yeon Woo s-ywoo98@asan.sch.ac.krYoung-Hoo Kwon ykwon@bsu.eduSpecial Thanks to Young Hoo Kwon who helpeda great deal with the final lay-out of the currentNewsletter and to Henrik Sorensen whotransformed the printed to the electronic versionon the ISBS WWW site !

Newsletter Production and DistributionCostThe cost for printing and mailing of theNewsletter is quite high. Therefore I encourageISBS members to print the NL from the ISBShome page. This also has a time savingadvantage. Please send me a short mail if youcan do without the printed version sent via TNT.Thanks in advance !

Newsletter DeadlinesTwo ISBS Newsletters will be published eachyear, one in October (Fall/“Down Under” SpringEdition) and one in April (Spring/“Down Under”Fall Edition). Deadlines for the receipt ofmaterial will therefore be September 1 andMarch 1 each year. Material to the Newslettercan be submitted in any form (preferably

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electronic) but please supply your E-mail and/orFAX address with any report so that furtherinformation can be obtained from you if required.Start sending YOUR contributions for the nextISBS Newsletter to the ISBS VP Publications:hans.gros@sport.uni-stuttgart.de.

NEXT DEADLINE: March 1, 2001

Advertising in the NewsletterISBS has now over 500 members throughout theworld. Why not maximize exposure of yourproducts? For companies wanting to advertise in

this Newsletter please contact Hans Gros(Newsletter Editor). The Advertising rates are:² Full page: $100 per issue² Half page: $ 60 per issue² Quarter page: $ 35 per issue² Back cover: $150 per issue

This includes presence on the ISBS home pagewith a link to your companies site.For multiple advertisements in an issue, additionaladvertisements in the same Newsletter will bereduced by 50%. All rates are in US$.Maximum exposure at bargain rates.

Secretary General’s Report:Stuart Miller

What a year! ISBS has continued to developrapidly in a number of areas, and can justifiablyclaim to be a leading provider of sportsbiomechanics in the world. There have beenmany highlights in the last year, and surely theannual symposium was one of them. YoulianHong and his team in Hong Kong organized asuperb event, and in many ways went aboveand beyond the call of duty. Thanks Youlian -you have set a high standard for others tofollow. A prominent delegate said to me that, inhis opinion, ISBS was now the preferred worldbiomechanics conference. We should bepleased with ourselves. We continue to grow inmany areas and, as evidenced by the numberof nominations for officers, more members arewilling to become involved.

The 2001 elections are to start shortly. If youwould like to nominate someone (who must bea ISBS member), then send the nomination toboth Wayne Marino (wmarino@uwindsor.ca)and myself (S.Miller@LMU.ac.uk).Please remember to ensure that the person ishappy to be nominated! Nominations will beaccepted up to the middle of January. Allnominees will be asked to submit a briefresume, which will be published in the SpringNewsletter.

Last year saw the end of Larry Noble's longperiod of service to ISBS. He functioned as a

member of the Board of Directors in his role asVice President of Research and Projects. Hiscontribution will be missed. Thanks Larry.

Speaking of long-serving members of ISBS, ithas now been four years since I took on theposition of Secretary-General. It has been agreat time to be involved, and the progress thatwe have made is amazing. It is important torecognize when is the best time to stop and turnthe job over to someone who can continue tomake the input that such a position requires.Thus, I have decided that I will not seek re-election as Secretary-General in 2001. Foranyone who is interested in the position, it is avery rewarding position that carries a lot ofresponsibility. It brings with it the chance to beinvolved in the heart of the decision-makingprocesses of ISBS, and I hope that it goes tosomeone who has the commitment to theSociety's development.

I would like to finish by thanking Ross Sandersfor his contribution to ISBS as President.Everyone will agree that he has done afantastic job in moving the Society forwards.His no-nonsense, get-things-done attitude hascontinued the momentum created by hispredecessor, Hans Gros. One look at theCoaches' Information Service on the ISBSwebsite (www.uni-stuttgart.de/External/isbs/)is ample evidence of the commitment that Rosshas devoted to the Society. The future looksbright!

I look forward to seeing you in San Francisco.

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Minutes of the Annual GeneralMeeting

June 29, 2000, Hong Kong

Call to order:The Chairman called the meeting to order at9:30 a.m.

00.01. Executive Committee reports:Reports were presented to the meeting by theExecutive Committee, with the exception ofthose of the Vice President for Research andProjects and the Vice President forConferences, both of which were presented bythe Secretary-General. There was no report bythe Vice President for Publications. These areattached in Appendices A-E.Ross Sanders moved that the reports of theExecutive Committee be accepted.For - 39; Against - 0. Motion carriedunanimously.

00.02. ISBS Journal:Ross Sanders reported on the proposal for, andcurrent status of, an ISBS journal.Ross Sanders moved that the ISBS Executiveand Board of Directors has the authority toinvestigate the financial viability of an ISBSjournal and to implement contractualarrangements with a publisher to establish thejournal.Seconded by SM.Questions from the floor were allowed. It wasasked whether the motion should be dividedinto 2 parts. RS did not think it necessary tosplit the motion but amended his motionfollowing discussion. It was asked whetherthere would be a CD-ROM version of thejournal. RS responded that an electronicversion was anticipated. It was asked whatfinancial responsibility was incumbent on ISBS.RS responded that the break-even point wasthe equivalent of 275 individual subscriptions,but that it was anticipated that advertisingwould offset this. It was suggested that thediscrepancy between individual and institutionalsubscriptions be increased.

Bruce Elliott proposed that the original motionbe amended to "The ISBS Executive andBoard of Directors has the authority toinvestigate the financial viability of an ISBSjournal and, if considered appropriate,implement contractual arrangements with apublisher to establish the journal." This wasaccepted by RS and SM.Bruce Elliott spoke in favor of the motion, afterwhich a vote was taken.For - 39; Against - 0. Motion carriedunanimously.Bruce Elliott moved that differential costs forstudents and different countries be investigated.Seconded by Laurie Malone.For - 39; Against - 0. Motion carriedunanimously.

00.03. Minutes of the Annual GeneralMeeting, 1999:David Waddell moved that the minutes of the1999 Annual General Meeting be accepted.For - 39; Against - 0. Motion carriedunanimously.

00.04. Any Other Business:It was asked where the archives of the Societyare held. Hans Gros responded that these arecurrently housed at the University of Stuttgart,Germany.It was suggested that the keynote lectures bevideo-taped for archiving purposes.

Adjournment:Mario Lamontagne moved that the meeting beadjourned.The meeting was adjourned at 10.36 a.m.

Stuart Miller, 29/06/2000

Appendix to the AGM Minutes:Treasurer's Report, 2000

Manfred Vieten

Submitted by: Manfred Vieten, TreasurerAudited by: Ross Sanders, ISBS PresidentThe audit took place in Konstanz at the 10th ofMay 2000.

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Statement of Revenues and ExpensesFor the year ending April 30, 2000Revenue Actual in 2000Membership Fee (US$) 730.00Membership Fee (EURO) 2798.00Sponsoring (US$) 0.00Sponsoring (EURO) 43.29Total Revenue [US$/EUR€] 730.00/2841.29

Expenses in US$ Actual [US$] Actual [EUR] Budget VariancePresident 300 300.00President Elect 0 0.00VP for Awards 800.56 138.58 3600 2660.86VP Conferences 500.00 200 -300.00VP Publications 546.00 1000 454.00VP Public Relations 200 200.00VP Research and Projects 1000.00 500 -500.00Secretary-General 200 200.00Treasurer 14.70 306.14 200 -120.84Extras 200.00 0 -200.00Total Expenses 2861.26 644.72 6200 2694.02

Budget for the year ending April 30, 2000

Revenue Budget2000-2001

Actual1999-2000

Membership Fee[US$] 730.00

Membership Fee[EUR€] 2798.00

Sponsoring [US$] 0.00Sponsoring [EUR€] 43.29Total Revenue 3571.29Expenses Budget

2000-2001Actual1999-2000

PresidentPresident ElectVP for Awards 939.58VP Conferences 500.00VP Publications 546.00VP Public RelationsVP Research andProjects

1000.00

Secretary-GeneralTreasurer 320.84Extras 200.00Total Expenses 3505.98

Please note: The exchange rate of US$ andEURO was close to one. Therefore, the actualamounts of US$ and EURO on this page areadded for easier handling.

Balance Sheet April 30, 2000US Account[US$]

EURO Account[EUR€]

1999 11244.23(30.04.1999)

5587.99(31.05.2000)

2000 9112.97(31.03.2000)

7697.98(05.05.2000)

Difference -2131.26 2109.99Total Expenses [US$] -2861.26Membership fee [US$] 730.00Sum [US$] -2131.26Total Expenses [EUR€] -644.74Membership fee [EUR€] 2798.00Sponsoring [EUR€] 43.29Sum [EUR€] 2109.99

ISBS member on Friday, June 16, 2000Members in total 477Fellows 2Life members 4Full members in good standing 184Full members NOT in good standing 134Student members in good standing 58Student members NOT in good standing 95

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VP for Research & Projects'Report, 2000: Larry Noble

Research Committee:Bing Yu, Al Finch, Juris Terauds

This report has been edited. The status quo ofthe current research projects can be found inthe report of the new VP Projects andResearch, Richard Smith.Thank you Larry for many years ofoutstanding work in the Executive of ISBS!

The past 8 years as member of the executivecommittee has been thoroughly rewarding andexciting for me, both professionally andpersonally, and I have enjoyed working withyou and past leaders of the society. I regretthat I am unable to attend the symposium thisyear. I assure you that I am in contact with mysuccessor to ensure that he is aware of theduties and responsibilities of the VP forResearch and Projects and that that he hasaccess to me as a resource. I hope that thefollowing summary of projects developed andconducted under my leadership over the pastfew years (recently posted on our website) willbe helpful to you as you move forward inproviding leadership for the ISBS.Summary of ISBS Research Projects overthe past 5 years (1995-2000)During the past several years, the ISBS hasconducted several research projects designedto promote research in sports biomechanics.Specifically, these projects facilitated thedelivery of videotapes and documentation ofelite athletes engaged national and internationalchampionship competition to researchersbeyond those involved with the on-site datacollection research team. Invitations forproposals to conduct research using projectmaterials are solicited to both members andnonmembers of ISBS via the ISBS website, theISBS newsletter, and the worldwidebiomechanics bulletin board (BIOMCH-L).Materials were distributed free to ISBSmembers submitting acceptable proposals andat cost to those submitting acceptable proposalswho are not ISBS members. These projectshave been quite successful in providing more

than 20 research groups the means to conductresearch that would have otherwise not beenpossible:1994-95 World Gymnastics ResearchProject. 3-d videographic recordings anddocumentation from the 1994 WorldGymnastics Championships in Brisbane,Australia. On-site project director – BillMorrison. Cosponsor – Australian SportCommission.1996-97 Gymnastics Research Project. 3-dvideographic and dynamographic recordingsand documentation from the 1994 WorldGymnastics Team Championships in Dortmund,Germany. On-site coordinator – Juergen Krug.Cosponsors – Deutscher Sportbund, Institute ofApplied Training Science, Leipzig, and Spieth(the gymnastics apparatus manufacturer).1997-98 World Gymnastics ResearchProject. 3-D videographic recordings anddocumentation from the 1997 GymnasticsWorld Championships in Lausanne,Switzerland. On-site coordinator – JuergenKrug. Cosponsors –Institute of AppliedTraining Science, Leipzig, the FIG, and Spieth.1997 –98 USA Women’s Softball HittingResearch Project. 3-D videographicrecordings and documentation of the 1996 USAWomen’s Softball Team while hitting severalpitched balls during batting practice. On-sitecoordinator – Sherry Werner. Cosponsor –Steadman-Hawkins Sports MedicineFoundation, Vail, Colorado, USA.1998-99 Discus Research Project. Thisproject involved the analysis of videographicrecordings of men's and women's discus finalsof the 1998 USA Track and Field NationalOutdoor Championships in New Orleans,Louisiana, June 19-21, 1998. On-sitecoordinator – Bing Yu. Cosponsors - Divisionof Physical Therapy at the University of NorthCarolina at Chapel Hill, USA, and USA Trackand Field (USATF).Interactive Stepping Machine ResearchGrant Project. In addition to these researchprojects, in 1999, ISBS initiated the firstresearch grant project, the “Interactive steppingmachine research grant project”. Five $2,000research grants were available to ISBSmembers submitting acceptable proposals tostudy the efficacy of The Wellness Machine™

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and other variable resistance, interactivestepping machines. Models of The WellnessMachine™ were provided by X-iser Industries.The goal was to identify the optimum short boutvigorous exercise period required for activedaily living. Cosponsor: X-iser Industries.Larry Noble

VP for Awards' Report, 2000Eugene Brown

This report is for the period beginning with theISBS Symposium in Perth, Australia in 1999and ending with this report

Committee MembershipTony Bauer, Canada, Vice President ofConferences and MeetingsBarbara Gowitzke, Canada, Member of theBoard of DirectorsStuart Miller, United Kingdom, Secretary-GeneralSang-Yeon Woo, Korea, Member of the Boardof DirectorsEugene W. Brown, United States, VicePresident of Awards

Activities² Evaluated all contestants and selected a

recipient for the New Investigator Award atthe Perth symposium.

² Introduced the Geoffrey Dyson Award atthe Perth symposium.

² Displayed an Awards Committee poster atthe Perth symposium.

² Held the annual Awards Committee meetingduring the Perth symposium.

² Collected information on the 1999 awardrecipients and prepared and distributed pressreleases.

² Reviewed nominations and submitted a rankorder listing of candidates for the Geoffrey

Dyson Lecturer for 2001 (Dr. PeterCavanagh of Pennsylvania State Universitywas selected as the Geoffrey DysonLecturer for 2001).

² Prepared a document on the process ofselecting the Geoffrey Dyson Lecturer (Thedocument was published in the October1999 ISBS Newsletter).

² Worked with a vendor on the design andstyle of lapel pins that have been purchasedto recognize all members of ISBS (Withoutthe sponsorship secured by Dr. YoulianHong the idea of lapel pins for all membersof ISBS (initiated in 1991) would not likelyhave come to fruition).

² Continued review of one nominee for ISBSFellow and initiated two reviews ofnominees for Life Member.

² Communicated Awards Committee needsfor ISBS Symposium in Hong Kong toYoulian Hong.

² Prepared and purchased the crystal awardfor the 2000 Dyson Lecturer and delivered itto Hong Kong (Barbara Gowitzke has takenresponsibility for this task for several years).

² Prepared and purchased of a plaque for the2000 New Investigator Award

² Purchased four additional plaques for theNew Investigator Award for 2001-2004.

² Revised a Power Point presentation tointroduce the Geoffrey Dyson Lecturer for2000 in Hong Kong.

² Constructed an Awards Committee posterand table display for the Hong Kongsymposium.

VP for Conferences' Report, 2000Tony Bauer

Over the last twelve months we have enjoyed anexceptional level of communication andinteraction between the executive and board

members. I congratulate Ross Sanders, ourPresident and the other executive members fortheir input and promotion of this communicationand also for the development of a number ofnew ventures, in particular the web page and theprospect of an electronic journal for ISBS. Theexposure gained through the web page materials

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and in particular the applied program segmenthas the greatest potential for linking to thepractitioner and fulfilling our mandate. Morefocus must be placed on the applied programwithin the conference agenda although this is notan easy task and requires additional ingenuity onthe part of the conference chair. More guidelinesand support are needed in this area.

I have been happy to play a small role in thisprocess however there is more work to be doneand I will endeavor to initiate a start to theapplied program guidelines over the next year.For all those members who have contributedtime and energy and support I feel that we havecome a long way in the last few years and thatwe are on the edge of becoming one of the mostrecognized Biomechanics Sport Groups in theWorld. The provision of practical and appliedresearch science information through themedium of the internet will help us prosper bothfinancially and academically. The currentproposal for sponsorship and financial support isthe next step to enable the society to prosper onthe future.

I would like to congratulate Ross for anexceptional year as president of the society andalso for a successful conference in Perth lastyear. I feel that he has provided us with someexcellent standards and ideas for futureconferences

In my role as Vice President of Conferences Ihave focused primarily on making sure that ISBSsites are finalized over the next 3 years.At this point in time we have finalized ISBS 2001for San Francisco and John Blackwell will be inHong Kong to promote the conference andprovide details. John made the proposal toinclude the Biomechanics Teaching Conferencein the same program as ISBS and it wasgenerally agreed that this was a positive idea.There will be a Teaching segment attached tothe web page. John is busy developing the plansand early organization for the conference nextyear. Kostas Gianikellis will present ISBS 2002in Caceres Spain and is also in the process ofdeveloping his plan. The earlier we can finalizeconference sites the better it is for the chair toplan and benefit from communication andinteraction during the preceding conferences.

The site for ISBS 2003 is not decided as yet andwe are still unsure of Otago’s commitment buthopefully Alan Walmsley will continue his bid forthe conference after providing an excellentpresentation last year in Perth.

The Guideline on Policies and Procedures in theplanning and organization of the conference isnow on our home page and should be regularlyupgraded and developed as we evolve. I wouldlike to promote that these guidelines become, notonly a conference organizational source but, thesociety’s “Bible” for Policies and Procedures.This should become one of the main tasks of theVice President of Conferences as it provides abasis for new members to learn about how wefunction plus it provides new conference chairswith guidelines to plan the conference inadvance. Members of the Executive and Boardshould take any initiative to improve and upgradethe guideline with new information that mightassist the conference planning or generaloperation of the society.

I would like to make the following suggestionsfor additional materials to be added to thepolicies and guideline procedures at some point inthe future. Some will need to be clarified anddiscussed at the Executive Board level.

1. A comprehensive guideline for theorganization and presentation of the AppliedProgram plus a format for consistency inApplied materials content on the web page.

2. A list of past and potential exhibitors withcontact addresses and details.

3. Financial guidelines to assist the chair in theplanning process, e.g. ideas and approachesfor funding support and sponsorship to runthe conference at a financial profit.

4. A comprehensive list of ISBS Executiveroles, responsibilities and expectations toassist nominators and new appointees in theelection process for new executivepositions.

5. Specific roles for acting Board members sothat they can play more of a role in thefunction of the society, e.g. Board memberscould be co-opted to work with Executivemembers on specific projects.

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6. A list of related conferences andorganizations, dates, addresses andconference details.

I will endeavor to get some of these completedover the next year. Thank you for the executivesupport over the last year and I look forward toanother successful year leading up to I.S.B.S.San Francisco.

Application to Host Future ISBSConferences

The ISBS is at an exciting stage of developmentwith very successful conferences held in Perth,Australia and Hong Kong over the last two yearsand with San Francisco and Caceras, Spainplanned for 2001 and 2002.

The society would like to invite interestedmembers to consider hosting a conference infuture years and we are particularly interested ina host for 2003. The host sites are designed torotate from one geographical region to anotherwith the site for 2003 set for Australasia.However, we will still consider other venues ifthere are no suitable proposals from a particularregion in any given year.

The proposal process to host the conferencerequires the potential chair of the conference topresent a written proposal to the I.S.B.S.Executive. The guideline for the proposal isoutlined on the I.S.B.S home page and is sent tothe Vice President of Conferences to bedistributed to the Executive Board forconsideration.

It is the societies mandate to support and assistthe chair in every way possible by providingguidelines and standardized procedures toorganize and present the conference. Most ofthese guidelines are presented in written formaton the ISBS home page (under <Conferences>)and others are in review or being developed:http://www.uni-stuttgart.de/External/isbs/.

The development of a comprehensive AppliedProgram is the focus for the future and this isbeing complemented by the CIS, an appliedcoaching site to provide biomechanical and

technical support for practitioners in the field.The development of a new ISBS journal is alsoin process. These are new and exciting times forISBS so we would welcome your involvement tosupport the progress of the society.

If you are interested or need more informationplease contact me at Tony.Bauer@lakeheadu.caif you are interested in hosting the conference in2003 or the following years 2004 North Americaor 2005 Europe and Middle East, Africa.

Thank you for your support and we look forwardto your continued interest in ISBS.Tony Bauer

VP for Public RelationsReport 2000

Renato Rodano

During the second year of my mandate as VicePresident of Public Relations I have tried to actfor the establishment of good relationships withother organizations.

As far as this duty is considered, preliminarycontacts have been established in Rome duringthe annual congress of the ECSS (EuropeanCollege of Sport Science). ECSS is a Europeanorganization with a mandate to promote sportscience in Europe by generating and thedisseminating scientific knowledge concerningthe motivation, attitude, values, responses,adaptation, performance and health aspects ofpersons engaged in sports. Despite the largenumber of participants at the congress in Rome,only a small number of people was interested insport biomechanics and probably the distributionof interest is the same among the ECSSmembers. This seems to me an interestingstarting point to integrate the competencies ofthe two societies with a mutual advantage. In thepast a similar approach with ISB led to goodformal relationships (mutual links on the webpages, information about the scheduling of thecongress, hosting of the presidents at thecongress).

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ISBS and express our interest in different kindsof cooperation. I limited the action to this stepbecause I think the potential benefits could beimproved by means of a prolonged action basedon a pre-defined strategy. For this purpose Iintend to set up a working group (basically themembers of the standing committee for PR) inorder to draw guidelines that, once accepted bythe Executives, will support the process.Reasonably, more options depending on the finallevel of co-operation, should be defined.

During this year I was involved in a newexperience: to support Dr. Youlian Hong in thenomination of Congress Patrons. Prof. Arthur K.C. LI, Vice-Chancellor, the Chinese Universityof Hong Kong and Prof. Ping Chung LEUNG,Head of the New Asia College, The ChineseUniversity of Hong Kong accepted this positionfor the XVIII Symposium of ISBS.

Just a reminder for the future: the chairman ofthe next Symposia, are kindly invited to submit inadvance to the VP of Public Relations a shortprofile of the persons that should be nominatedPatrons of a Symposium or, in case of aninstitution, a short description of its activities.This step will make it easier for the Executivecouncil to appoint the selected person/institution.

Another new experience during my term ofoffice has been the appointment of Mme. LuShengrong, President International BadmintonFederation to the position of Honorary VicePresident of ISBS. Our president, Ross Sandersdelivered her an official letter, based on a draftwritten by David Waddell, reviewed togetherwith me. Now we are waiting for a reply.

I would like to mention that Mme. Lu Shengrongis a Chinese citizen and this adds moresignificance to the announcement I have justmade here in Hong Kong. Furthermore, I wouldunderline that the International BadmintonFederation has a large number of affiliates and,thanks to the knowledge achieved by ISBSthrough the experience of some its members, thepossibility of concrete and fruitful co-operationbetween ISBS and IFB is much more than adream.

Thanks to the enormous work done in the lastyears by ISBS executives, directors andmembers I was in the position to play good cardswhen I contacted a company involved in theproduction and sale of equipment forbiomechanical analysis. The result of the contactis the activation of a process that, hopefully, willsee the company to fund, in a way to be defined,ISBS activity. Once again, having in mind thefuture of the society, to draft a set of options ofinteraction is desirable, basically to avoidmistakes and to maximize the effects of potentialagreements.

In this report, I would like to thank Ross Sandersfor the engagement he demonstrated in theposition of ISBS President. His continuous ‘putgasoline on the fire’ is a great stimulus for allISBS members and executives. He, like anexperienced coach, designs and applies heavytraining programs to improve the performance ofthe team. I am sure that the training is, and willbe, ‘biomechanically correct’.

In conclusion I would press everybody is in thisroom and who will read this report, to ‘use’ theresource of the Public Relation position, to makeeasier all the initiatives aimed to make ISBSbetter known in their countries. An example:most of us work in a university, we should thinkabout the possibility of hosting students who aremembers or work with members of ISBS?

The Vice President of Public Relation canfacilitate the step ‘from theory to practice’.For the future, I'm working to the idea to set upsome instrument (brochure, CD ROM, other..) tofacilitate the introduction of ISBS toorganizations, societies, universities andcompanies potentially interested to ISBSactivities. For this purpose, I'm organizing somequestionnaires to distribute to the Executives inorder to collect more detailed information on theneeds of the society.

Finally, I use this occasion to thank ISBS and itsmembers, for the opportunity to serve the ISBSin this position.

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New ISBS Members

Due to the substantial increase in newmembers it is not possible to list the personalcontact details of each member. However,welcome to ISBS!

Claudio Parente ItalyToru Sugiyama USAShing-Jye Chen USAAlan Walmsley New ZealandVassilios Vardaxis USARoozbeh Naemi IranAntonio Hernandeza

GuerreroVenezuela

Rolando CarrizalesRamos

Venezuela

Furio Barba ItaliaLes Stevens AustraliaSharon Fixler USAKathleen Roberts AustraliaYoungsoo Lee USAPatrick McLaughlin AustraliaEvangelos Spyrou CanadaMladen Mejovsek CroatiaAndreas Oberbach GermanyEdvard Kolar SlovenijaMyoung Sung Son KoreaChengzhi Wang ChinaDanny Chu Hong KongSteven Cotter USADavid Mullineaux UKLisa Bridgett AustraliaAlberto Lanzani ItalyDavid Sykes CanadaAngus Burnett AustraliaAhmad Arshi IranChang-Kook Kim KoreaSung Jo South KoreaRandall Jensen USAJim Danna USAMichael Aughey IrelandNachiappan Chockalingam UKDimitris Skordis GreecePeter Smyth N. Ireland

Robert Colclough UKMianfang Ruan ChinaJoseph Hutchinson USAYoung-Tae Lim South KoreaHiroyuki Nunome JapanJohn MacMahon USAMasayuki Nagai JapanJason Wicke CanadaMichael Stone ScotlandDan K Ramsey SwedenJose Maria BuadesRubio SpainBrian Dangelmaier USAYu Wan Hong KongBoonsakdi Lorpipatana ThailandLi Shuping ChinaFriso Hagman BelgiumChris Stephens USAMatthew Donohoe U.S.A.Kelly Lockwood CanadaJeffrey Marquez USAThomas Wood USAShawn Sorenson AustraliaBryan St. Laurent USAAndi Russ GermanyPui Kong Hong KongSang-Yeon Woo KoreaAbdalla WassfIsaac EgyptShen Weihua ChinaHandong Cheng ChinaRosemary Dyson UKMorteza Shahbazi

MoghaddamIran

Joao Silas-Boas PortugalAntonio Silva PortugalTang Jim-Wu ChinaSeok-Beom Lee KoreaWlodzimierz Erdmann PolandLiu Ying ChinaVeronique Colman BelgiumMao Songhua ChinaJean Eckrich USAHiroh Yamamoto Japan

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Quality Control CommitteeHans Gros (Chair), Tony Bauer, Ross Sanders,

Richard Smith, Manfred Vieten

At present the following persons haveexpressed their interest to develop new sitesunder CIS:Steele, Julie NetballMcClymont, Doug RugbyBauer, Tony Power developmentVieten, Manfred;Sonnon, Scott

Martial arts

Fleissig, Glenn BaseballBall, Kevin Water Polo, Field HockeyCardinale, Marco Team HandballLehrberger, Klaus Skiing, winter SportsMcMahon, John Running InjuriesFerdinands, Rene CricketThe QCC has asked them to submit materialsas outlined in the guidelines below.

QCC Guidelines (Oct. 2000)

1. These guidelines have been established bythe ISBS QCC. They are intended for authorsand site compilers / editors.

2. ISBS Mission and CISThe specific and primary purposes of ISBS are:to provide a forum for the exchange of ideasfor sports biomechanics researchers, coachesand teachers, to bridge the gap betweenresearchers and practitioners and to gather anddisseminate information and materials onbiomechanics in sports.ISBS achieves these goals mainly through thefollowing activities:- The scientific and applied programs of the

annual ISBS Symposium,- The main ISBS WWW site:

http://www.uni-stuttgart.de/External/isbs/- The ISBS conference proceedings

archives:http://www.education.ed.ac.uk/isbs-arc99/andhttp://www.uni-stuttgart.de/External/isbs/under <Conferences>

- the Coaching Information Service (CIS)http://www.education.ed.ac.uk/cis/

- and the Journal 'Sport Biomechanics'(hard copy and electronic version). TheJournal is planned to appear in 2001.

The scientific content of the CIS is under ISBScontrol, more specifically under control of theISBS Quality Control Committee, chaired bythe VP Publications.

3. Guidelines for site editors/compilers:3.1 Editors / compilers of the ISBS CoachingInformation Service have to be ISBS membersin good standing.3.2 Each site editor is expected to establish anadvisory board for their sport /disciplinecomprising other biomechanists working in thisfield as well as coaches and athletes. Theadvisory board provides feedback to the editorregarding contents and layout of the materialpresented. If the editor is unsure of submittedmaterials, he/she may ask the opinion of theadvisory board and/or the QCC. Controversialdiscussion is encouraged.3.3 The site editor is the contact person for allauthors. He/she will ensure the quality andintegrity of the presented materials, thecompliance with the author's guidelines andwill, if necessary, ask the author to makesuggested changes / additions to their paper.Each piece of material presented on the CISshould be prefaced by a brief summary of thematerial in lay terms. An indication for whomthe material may be useful and / or at whatlevel it is pitched is strongly suggested.Each site must contain papers and materialsfrom a number of sources and should not berestricted to the work of only one or twopeople.3.4 The Editor/compiler informs the QCC of allchanges and additions to the site. The QCC willregularly appraise sites and makerecommendations to the editors. In the future, atest site may be established.3.5 Plans are underway to establish'interactivity' with the readers. The Editors willsupport this feature and include appropriatematerial on their site.3.6 CIS is highly dynamic - thus the guidelinesof the QCC will remain flexible and will beadjusted to the changing needs and technicaldevelopment. This is true for all aspectsexcluding the fundamental of CIS philosophy:

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Sound science with applications in sportsbiomechanics, presented in a reader (viewer)friendly language and form.3.7 The QCC (represented by the VPPublications) invites and welcomes allcomments, complaints, suggestions andcriticism regarding it's work and the CIS.CIS will be most successful if all groupsinvolved (coaches, athletes, authors, andcompiler / editors) share their ideas on how toimprove CIS.3.8 The QCC will inform all site editors ofchanges and additions to the guidelines.

4. Guidelines for the installation of newsites4.1 To establish a new site within the ISBSCoaches Information Service (CIS) interestedpotential Editors are requested to proceed asfollows:4.1.1 The "new editor" (NE) contacts the Chairof the Quality Control Committee of ISBS witha statement of interest. This statement shouldinclude information about the NE, his/herscientific background, the involvement with thepractical application of biomechanics, and theplanned scope of the site. Endorsement fromother ISBS members may be sought.4.1.2 The QCC will respond with basicacceptance, alternate suggestions,modifications or rejection. The QCC willexplain the rationale for it's decision.4.1.3 Based on the recommendations of theQCC the NE supplies details: initial structure,contents to start with, planned items for thefuture and a time-line for the development ofthe site.4.1.4 The QCC will assess the material, acceptor make suggestions for modifications andadditions.

4.1.5 The NE makes the necessaryarrangements the for data transfer to the hostsof the CIS site ( The University of Edinburgh,Faculty of Education, Dept of PhysicalEducation, Sport & Leisure Studies [PESLS])and their programmers. The QCC is informedas soon as the site is uploaded 'on the WWW'.4.2 The guidelines established for site editors /compilers (see 3) apply.

5. Guidelines for Authors of materialspresented in CIS:The ISBS Coaching Information Service istailored to the needs of coaches and athletes.Thus, it is imperative that the materialspresented are concise and written in a formand language that it is understandable andappealing to the target groups. This requiresmodification of the normal style of scientificwriting and inclusion of visual and audio-visualmaterials wherever appropriate.The information presented must bescientifically correct and methodologicallysound. "Coach friendly" is not an excuse tocompromise science. "Coach friendly" is not anexcuse to put personal opinion without scientificsupport to the CIS. However, personal opinionmay be expressed if clearly identifiable to thereader.It is a true challenge to 'have the best of bothworlds', namely to present scientifically soundinformation in an appealing and understandableway. Tips on how this can be achieved may bederived by looking at papers / presentationspresently available on CIS. The 'top articles'(by number of downloads) are a good startingpoint to learn about the style and content that issought by readers.Hans Gros

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ISBS 2000: A look Backwards: Post Conference ReportYoulian Hong, Ph.D.

This is the post conference report submitted toDr. Tony Bauer, Vice-president for Conferenceof ISBS.

Hong Kong, August 22, 2000

The 18th International Symposium on Biomechanicsin Sports (ISBS2000) was held in Hong Kong at theChinese University of Hong Kong campus from 25 to30 June 2000. Department of Sports Science andPhysical Education, The Chinese University of HongKong, hosted this symposium.

A total of 313 delegates coming from 38 countriesand regions all over the world participated in thissymposium, of which 77 were the current ISBSmembers and 17 became the new members of ISBS atthis symposium.

From the 315 submitted papers, of which the mostwere 4-page full-length paper, 275 were accepted forpresentation at the symposium through a peer reviewpractice by the Paper Review Board which wasconstituted by 40 experts. The 275 accepted papersconsisted of 137 podium and 128 posterpresentations. All papers were published in the 3-volume proceedings.

The symposium included 7 conceptual topics, 7applied topics, and two workshops. The conceptualtopics were:

1. Biomechanics of fundamental human movement2. Biomechanics of neuro-musculo-skeletal system3. Biomechanics in training4. Biomechanics of sports injuries, orthopedics

and rehabilitation5. Modeling, simulation, optimization in sports

biomechanics6. Methods and instrumentation7. Biomechanics of pediatrics exercise

The applied topics were:

1. Application of electromyography in movementstudies

2. Application of cinematography in competition3. Biomechanical principles applied in power

strokes4. Application of filming and motion analysis

movement studies5. Biomechanical analysis in tissue loading6. Fundamental skills of throwing7. Martial arts

The workshops were conducted on:

1. Badminton for children based onbiomechanical and physiological principles

2. Badminton biomechanical elements andcoaching cues for badminton power stroke

Dr. Bruce R. Mason delivered the Geoffrey DysonMemorial Lecture entitled “Providing a service toan elite national sports program”. Dr. Savio Woo,the Winner of 2nd IOC Olympic Prize, participatedthe symposium and delivered a special lecture in“Biomechanics of ACL & ACL Reconstruction”. TheNew Investigator Award of this symposium was givento Dr. Young-tae Lim from Korea.

The social program of the symposium includedopening banquet, night cruise with buffet dinner,half day City-of-Life tour with dinner, visiting HongKong Sports Institute, and closing banquet.

Besides the major sponsor, Vicon Motion System, thesymposium was sponsored by the Chinese Universityinstitutions including the Golden JubileeAnniversary of New Asia College and othercommercial companies. Ten companies exhibitedtheir products on the symposium.

All the ISBS members, who participated in thesymposium, were awarded the official ISBS lapel pin.ISBS2000 sponsored producing the 500 lapel pins.

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ISBS 2001: A Look Into the (Near) FutureBiomechanics Symposia 2001

John Blackwell, Ph.D

2 conferences for the price of 1!Welcome to San Francisco!June 20-26, 2001http://www.usfca.edu/ess/sym2001/

The XIX International Symposium onBiomechanics in Sports (ISBS) will be combinedwith the Fifth US National Symposium onTeaching Biomechanics in Sports (NASPE).Therefore, you'll have access to bothconferences for one price! Honorary officialsare San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown and USSenator Diane Feinstein. This conference isalready ensured to have a high level of academicquality as well as a ton of fun (be prepared toparticipate in fun competitive events!)

The University of San Francisco is in the heartof the city, next to Golden Gate Park and closeto attractions such as Chinatown, Fisherman'sWharf, and the Golden Gate Bridge. SanFrancisco is truly an international city thatwelcomes visitors from every nation.

Important DatesFull Paper Submission February 15, 2001Notify Acceptance March 15, 2001Early Registration April 1, 2001Congress Dates June 20-26, 2001

Congress ScheduleJune 20, Wed Opening /BanquetJune 21, Thu ISBS Scientific ProgramJune 22, Fri ISBS Scientific ProgramJune 23, Sat ISBS Applied Program

NASPE Teaching SymposiumConference Party!

June 24, Sun ISBS Applied ProgramNASPE Teaching Symposium

June 25, Mon ISBS Scientific ProgramFun San Francisco Tour

June 26, Tue ISBS Scientific ProgramBanquet

June 27, Wed Optional Tours

Transportation, housing, scheduling, the call forpapers and author information (and more) isavailable on the conference website:http://www.usfca.edu/ess/sym2001/.

Housing is available on USF's campus for aslittle as $39/night for students and $49/night forprofessionals. Registration for students isUS$195 and US$295 for professionals beforeApril 1, 2001.

ProgramGeoffrey Dyson Lecture:² Peter R. Cavanagh, The Center for

Locomotion Studies, Penn State University,USA, "Biomechanics on the InternationalSpace Station."

Invited ISBS Plenary Session Speakers:² Roger M. Bartlett, Director, Sport Science

Research Institute, Sheffield HallamUniversity, U.K., "Performance Analysis: Isit the Symbiosis of Biomechanics andNotational Analysis, or is it an Illusion?"

² Walter Herzog, Kinesiology, Engineeringand Medicine, University of Calgary,Canada, "The Biomechanics ofDynamically Contracting Skeletal Muscle."

² Herbert Hatze, Head, Department andLaboratory of Biomechanics, University ofVienna, Austria, "Power Assessment ofIndividual Leg Muscle Groups byMultistructural Analysis of SymmetricVertical Maximum Effort Jumps."

² Ewald Hennig, Biomechanik Labor, Sport-und Bewegungswissenschaften, UniversitätEssen, Germany, "Tennis RacketBiomechanics - An Empirical Approach"

² Glen Fleisig, Smith & Nephew Chair ofResearch, American Sports MedicineInstitute, USA, "The Biomechanics ofThrowing."

² Jeff Broker, Sport Biomechanist/Managerof Biomechanics and Engineering, UnitedStates Olympic Committee Sport Science &

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Technology Division, "Advanced SportTechnologies: Enhancing Olympic AthleticPerformance"

² Jill L. McNitt-Gray, BiomechanicsResearch Lab, Departments of Kinesiology,Biomedical Engineering, Biokinesiology andPhysical Therapy, University of SouthernCalifornia, USA, "Impulse GenerationDuring Jumping and Landing Movements."

Invited NASPE Teaching Conference PlenarySession Speakers:² Bob Schleihauf, Movement Analysis

Laboratory Director, San Francisco StateUniversity, USA, "A CD-ROM Based,Interactive Biomechanics Course."

² Duane Knudson, California State University- Chico, USA, "Teaching Biomechanics inthe Context of Professional QualitativeAnalysis."

ISBS Symposium Topics: The InternationalSymposium of Biomechanics in Sport providesfor Scientific and Applied Programs, thattogether create a forum for coaches,practitioners, teachers, and researchers in sportsbiomechanics. Possible topics are listed below:

Scientific Program:² Applied Methods and Instrumentation² Coaching and Teaching² Fatigue, Injuries, Orthopedics, and

Rehabilitation² Musculo-Skeletal System² Sports Equipment² Pediatrics/Geriatrics² Modeling, Simulation and Optimization

² Pure and Applied Sports Biomechanics² Training/Fitness

Applied Program Topics:² Striking Skills (e.g., golf, baseball)² Racket Sports² Martial Arts² Water Activities² Extreme Sports² Special Populations² Cycling² Gymnastics/Tumbling² Locomotion² Team Sports

Teaching Symposium Topics: The mission ofthe Fifth National Symposium on TeachingBiomechanics in Sports is to provideopportunities for interested professionals to shareideas and knowledge in both research andendeavors related to teaching biomechanics.This meeting continues a long tradition of sharingideas to improve the teaching of sport andexercise biomechanics. Possible topics are listedbelow:

² Tips for the Novice Teacher² Laboratory Activities² Instructional Software² Distance Education² Curriculum Design² Student Research Projects² Inexpensive Instrumentation² Qualitative and Quantitative Biomechanics² Classroom Assessment² Innovative Teaching Techniques

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Up to Date ISBS membership statistics (FM=Full Member, SM=Student Member)

Country FMgood

FMnot

SMgood

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1 Argentina 0 1 0 02 Australia 20 5 13 73 Austria 2 1 0 14 Belgium 1 2 1 05 Brazil 3 5 0 36 Bulgaria 1 0 0 07 Canada 9 5 3 28 Chile 0 1 0 09 China 12 3 2 110 China (HK) 0 0 3 111 Colombia 0 1 0 012 Croatia 2 1 0 013 Czech Rep. 0 1 0 014 Denmark 0 0 2 215 Egypt 2 2 0 016 England 1 3 1 317 Estonia 0 1 0 018 Finland 1 1 0 119 France 3 4 0 120 Germany 18 7 10 621 Greece 2 7 0 122 Hungary 0 2 0 123 Iceland 0 1 0 124 Iran 2 0 1 125 Ireland 2 1 1 026 Israel 2 0 0 027 Italy 6 4 1 128 Japan 13 3 0 529 Korea 4 1 0 030 Mexico 1 2 0 231 Neth.Antilles 0 1 0 032 Netherlands 0 10 0 033 New Zealand 4 1 1 234 N. Ireland 0 0 1 135 Poland 1 0 0 036 Qatar 0 1 0 037 Russia 0 0 0 138 Scotland 1 0 1 039 Singapore 4 0 0 040 Slovenia 5 0 0 141 South Korea 1 1 0 142 Spain 3 4 0 143 Sweden 0 0 1 0

Country FMgood

FMnot

SMgood

SMnot

44 Taiwan 2 1 1 045 Thailand 1 0 0 046 UK 12 8 3 647 Ukraine 0 1 0 048 USA 74 43 28 4449 Venezuela 1 1 1 050 Viet Nam 0 0 1 0

SUM 216 137 76 97

The countries are given as the memberssupplied their data. For example members filledin UK, Scotland and England.Please inform us if any of your personaldata changed as e-mail address, address,name etc. We are unable to contact you if wedo not have your actual e-mail and mailaddress! Simply log into the Internet using yourpersonal access code, which you received viae-mail, change the data and press the “Send tothe treasurer of ISBS” button. Forgotten youraccess code? Then, log onto the ISBShomepage and follow the link. Alternatively youmay access the following Internet addressdirectly and ask me to send a new access code:http://www.uni-konstanz.de/FuF/SportWiss/ISBS/ISBSChanges.htmManfred Vieten

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Board of Directors

2000-2002Joao Abrantes, Portugal

jabrantes@fmh.utl.ptJohn Blackwell, USA

Blackwell@usfca.eduEllen Kreighbaum, USA

ellenk@montana.eduPekka Luhtanen, Finland

pluhta@kihu.jyu.fiLaurie Malone, USA

lamalone@saturn.vcu.eduMcBride, Margret, Australia

p.mcbride@mackillop.acu.edu.auAki Salo, England

A.Salo@bath.ac.ukHenrik Sørensen, Demmark

h.sorensen@mai.ku.dkJulie Steele , Australia

j.steele@uow.edu.au

1999-2001Rodney Barrett, Australia

r.barrett@gu.edu.auJürgen Krug, Germany

krug@rz.uni-leipzig.deWayne Marino, Canada

wmarino@delta.uwindsor.caBruce Mason, Australia

bruce.mason@ausport.telememo.auSpiros Prassas, USA

prassas@lamar.colostate.eduBing Yu, USA

byu@med.unc.eduChristina Kippenhan, USA

ckippenhan@bemidjistate.eduPatria Hume, New Zealand

p.hume@auckland.ac.nzKostas Gianikellis, Spain

kgiannik@cc.unex.esVasilios Baltzopoulos, England

v.baltzopoulos@mmu.ac.ukDavid Waddell, Canada

gowitzke@hwcn.org

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To become a New Member of ISBS please signup on the Internet at:http://www.uni-konstanz.de/FuF/SportWiss/ISBS/ISBSMemF.htmHowever, if you prefer the traditional way please use the form below.

ISBS Membership Application Form

From the treasurer of ISBSDr. Manfred M. VietenUniversity of KonstanzSportwissenschaftUniversitätsstrasse 1078464 KonstanzGermany

Tel: +49-7531-88-3565; Fax: +49-7531-88-3026; E-Mail: Manfred.Vieten@uni-konstanz.dehttp://www.uni-stuttgart.de/External/isbs/

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