Sport biomechanics: data collection, modelling, and implementation stages of development.

This paper discusses three stages of research development that form an integral part of the total process necessary to attain the biomechanist's goal in sport research. The paper is not intended as a comprehensive review of the areas contained within the three stages but rather as a focusing implement that draws the attention of the reader to selected aspects in the following three stages of sport research development: (a) data collection, (b) mathematical modelling, and (c) implementation. The basic contents of this paper were presented at the annual CASS Conference held in Ottawa in 1986.