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The Sport Specific Approach to Strength Training Programs Sport-specific strength training programs are fundamental to an athlete's development and success. Long gone are the days when coaches shunned weight lifting for fear that it might hinder the performance of fine skill and correct technique. It's now accepted that high levels of strength are a prerequisite to superior speed, power, strength endurance and overall sporting performance.

A physical analysis of a player's movements, combined with a knowledge of the correct forces to apply at the right time, can be used to make a good player better. Scientific analysis like this is used in many sports, from figure skating to baseball

Physics of curling probed for Olympic team Jenkyn is studying the physics of curling using an infrared camera as part of the Canada's $22-million Own the Podium research program into sport"

"Aviation history was made when the University of Toronto's human-powered aircraft with flapping wings became the first of its kind to fly continuously. The "Snowbird" performed its record-breaking flight on August 2 at the Great Lakes Gliding Club in Tottenham, Ont., witnessed by the vice-president (Canada) of the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI), the world-governing body for air sports and aeronautical world records."

Is it easy to hit a home run in the major leagues?