Welcome to Sport Science
A New International Journal Specializing in Research on Human Physical Performance
|
The Athlete of the Future Reprinted from The Los Angeles Times Magazine March 19, 1989 Vol. V, No. 12 " ... Surprisingly, in this country, 'the whole idea that science has something to do with the performance of athletes is new,' says Dr. Harmon Brown, chairman of sports medicine and science for the Athletic Congress, the governing body for track and field in the United States. Amrecians, he says, have been slow to accept the idea of sports as a legitimate focus for research. The Soviets pioneered the field before the 1952 Olympics, traveling around the world to film outstanding athletes and study their training programs. Then, in 1952, instead of copying what they have seen, they began designing their own research. The results were dramatically apparent in the 1972 Olympic Summer Games, when Soviet Athletes, who just four years before had won 29 gold medals, besting the Americans' 33. Equally striking was the improvement of the East German Team, which won nine gold medals in 1968 but took home 20 in 1972 and 40 in 1976. That showing helped jolt Congress into passing the Amateur Sports Act of 1978, giving the U.S. Olympic Committee the authority to fund research and create an organization to raise money for scientific support programs and research committees ... " |
|
Copyright © MCMXCVI by
Giedon Ariel & Associates
. All Rights Reserved.
Web Site Design by Gideon Ariel. Updated MON 4 Nov 96 |
|
