Force Quotes

“Ultimately, very often one of the key factors in sports performance is the ability of the athlete to change their velocity or the velocity of an external object. Running, acceleration, jumping, throwing, lifting, striking and changing direction all involve a change in velocity, for instance: How high we jump is entirely dependent on our velocity at the point we leave the ground; How far we throw is largely dependent on the velocity of the implement at the point of release; Change of direction (e.g. cutting) requires the athlete to decelerate their motion in the direction of travel, and then re-accelerate in a new direction.”
― Dan Cleather, Force: The biomechanics of training

“The process of becoming an excellent coach therefore also involves the retraining of our intuition such that we see the sporting world through Newton’s eyes.”
― Dan Cleather, Force: The biomechanics of training