Andrew Khoury has an extensive South Carolina soccer background that has included championship competition. An undergraduate student at Charleston Southern University in South Carolina, Andrew Khoury is majoring in kinesiology with a particular focus on biomechanics.
Involving the mechanics of how humans move, biomechanics allows an understanding of sports actions at the physiological level and how to prevent injuries. It also helps identify the most effective techniques for boosting sports performance, with analysis of the loads and stresses taken on by different parts of the body defining the safest way of performing specific movements and tasks.
One aspect of this involves linear momentum, or the type of momentum that follows a straight line, as with a sprint on a track. Angular momentum tracks movements resulting from body segment rotations, with a classic example being the tennis open stance forehand. In this case, angular momentum provides significant power to the racquet, with the result being a transfer of this force at impact to the racquet’s linear momentum.
Other concepts of biomechanics essential to improving movement techniques include center of gravity, balance, and static balance.
