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athletes
Sensors placed on
the athlete’s body
create an animated
form that matches
the athlete’s move-
ments. That anima-
tion can then be
studied and revised
into a perfect form.
tion has revealed another way that has been
put to use in many sports environments: mo-
tion capture.
The idea of motion capture is to use high-
resolution cameras and special sensors to
film a person performing an athletic move.
That move can then be broken down on the
computer into tiny parts; it can also be ma-
nipulated by a coach or an athlete to find the
perfect motion—or to spot flaws in the ath-
lete’s current motion.
The technology behind motion capture is
similar to that used to create video games
and some special effects in the movies. The