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Title: Skaters land with 8X their body weight
Post by: AgnesNitt on November 05, 2015, 07:59:03 PM

http://lifesciences.byu.edu/LabsResources/Resources/CollegeNews/Article.aspx?ArticleID=87

Title: Re: Skaters land with 8X their body weight
Post by: jbruced on November 06, 2015, 07:41:55 AM

Interesting problem for jumpers. It seems they need the high levels of repetitions to learn and then perfect a competitive jump but the amount of repetitions may need to be reduced to prevent injuries.

Title: Re: Skaters land with 8X their body weight
Post by: nicklaszlo on November 06, 2015, 11:44:32 PM

That is why jumps are done in the harness first.

Title: Re: Skaters land with 8X their body weight
Post by: tstop4me on November 07, 2015, 05:46:32 AM

Here's more info on the design of the instrumented blade:

http://www.vishaypg.com/docs/25501/25501.pdf .

It would be great if the various figure skating associations would fund more research.  But perhaps the money is not there.  Maybe we need to get the NHL involved somehow ;).