Sports biomechanists use two main approaches to analysing human movement patterns
in sport
–
qualitative and quantitative analysis. The previous section focused on qualita-
tive analysis. A third approach
fi
ts somewhere between the two and is often known as
semi-quantitative analysis. These approaches will be developed and explained more
fully in later chapters, but here I give a bullet-pointed outline of each, focusing on the
two main approaches, including why they are used and by whom, as well as some
advantages and drawbacks of each