Author: Dr. Rajesh Kumar Singh Yadav

DOI:-https://doi.org/10.64880/shikshasamvad.v3i2.10

Abstract –

Kinesiology a science that deals with the study of movement has been helping the coaches and athletic trainer in handling their athletes successfully and completely since the inception of this concept. Right from the days of Aristotle. The father of kinesiology the science of kinesiology has been variously used by coaches for the improvement and promotion of sports performance. His statement, an athlete can jump further if they have weight in their hand than they have not. Clearly indicates the implication of kinesiological principles in the improvement of sports performance even during the period to the birth of Christ. Initially the study of kinesiology was confined to functional anatomy later on the concept of kinesiology was broadening to include the study of mechanical principles with the introduction of sports in to the curriculum of Physical Education. But the endeavor for refining the concept of kinesiology was not stopped with this people were in search for giving a new shape to this subject.