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Using planes and axis'
allows us to accurately describe movement in relation to the
body.
We can very accurately
describe sporting movements such as running, diving, somersaulting
and cartwheeling, whilst giving some clear indication of the
direction that the body is moving in.
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| Body
Planes |
Frontal
(Lateral) Plane |
Sagittal
Plane |
Transverse
(Horizontal) Plane |
| Divides
body into... |
Front
(anterior) & Back (posterior) sections
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Right
& Left sections
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Upper
& Lower sections
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| Movements
in this plane |
Abduction,
Adduction, Lateral Flexion
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Flexion,
Extension, Plantar Flexion, Dorsiflexion
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Pronation,
Supination, Spinal Rotation
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| Examples
of sporting actions in plane |
Cartwheels
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Sit ups,
Kicking a football, Somersaults
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Pirouettes
on ice skates, Hammer throw rotation
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When movement takes place
in one of the body's planes it rotates around an axis.
Examples of movements in
these axis':
Sagittal axis -
abduction, adduction, lateral flexion of the trunk.
Frontal axis - flexion,
extension, dorsiflexion, plantarflexion, hyperextension.
Vertical axis -
whole body spins/rotation e.g., a pirouette.
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Using planes and axis' to describe
movement allows the physical educator or sports scientist to accurately
describe a movement to another colleague. Using advanced equipment
and techniques such as high speed video analysis or digitizing allows
the professional to very accurately study a persons movement and
quantify it into degrees (or radians) or comment on the forces involved
in the action. This type of analysis then lends itself very well
to feedback to coaches to improve an athletes performance.
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