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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

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