Calculating the Body's Centre of Gravity: The Segmental Method, Where Its Numbers Come From, and How Much the Choice of Table Matters
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The centre of gravity is the one point at which the whole body's weight can be treated as acting. In a standing person it sits roughly in the pelvis, but it moves every time a limb moves, and in a pike or a deep squat it can leave the body altogether. Coaches use it to explain balance, take-off and landing; biomechanists compute it from film. The method they use is called the segmental method, and its logic is simple enough to do by hand once you know where its numbers come from.
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