“Everyone is using biomechanics every day,” says Cat Shin, the Biomechanics Project Lead at the English Institute of Sport [EIS].

“If you’re looking at, say, technique or injury prevention, you’re looking at biomechanics, whether you call it that or not.”

It is an essential field in this multidisciplinary era: “a biomechanist is part-physicist, part-data scientist, part-performance analyst, part-S&C, part-physio, part-coach. Or put another way, all of those roles are part-biomechanists.”

Shin, who joined the EIS in her newly-created role in 2018, also delves into:

- Her department’s efforts to deliver biomechanics support to those EIS sports where it is not embedded [4:00];

- Understanding the individual athlete and challenging long-held beliefs in the pursuit of optimal performance [12:00];

- The impact of language on your effectiveness as a biomechanist and the importance of pilot testing [21:00];

- How those receptive sports are adapting their philosophies to include evidence-based technical models [24:00].

Further listening:

At Home With Leaders - Sir Dave Brailsford

Listen above and subscribe today on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher and Overcast, or your chosen podcast platform.