Geoffrey Dyson Award & Keynote
About This Prestigious Award
The Geoffrey Dyson Award and Keynote Presentation is the most prestigious award offered by ISBS. It is awarded to an individual who through his/her professional career has embodied and carried out the mission of ISBS. The mission of ISBS is:
To encourage excellence in the study of biomechanics related to coaching, teaching, training and performance of sport and exercise.
The award is named after one of the founding fathers of Sports Biomechanics, Geoffrey Dyson.
Geoffrey Dyson had a long and strong academic and coaching career. He was the coach of the British Olympic Team in 1952, 1956, and 1960. In 1962, he first published his book on the Mechanics of Athletics. He was a speaker for the International Olympic Academy and conducted athletic courses in 14 countries. According to John Disley, one of Geoffrey Dyson's favourite pupils, “he devoted his life to making coaching a science and to exposing the charlatan whose only effective advice was Do it again, but harder".
Geoffrey Dyson (1915 - 1981)
The Geoffrey Dyson Recipient for 2012
The recipient of the Geoffrey Dyson Award for the ISBS2012 conference will be Dr Gideon Ariel. Gideon is well known in the field of sports biomechanics due to his extensive knowledge of how physics applies to human motion, as well as his expertise in computer science. He is a former Olympic athlete, and completed his graduate and post-doctoral work at the University of Massachusetts, where he received a PhD in Exercise and Computer Science. He has published numerous scientific papers, founded an independent laboratory devoted to biomechanical research relating to human performance, and was chairman of the U.S. Olympic Biomechanical Committee.
Past recipients of the Geoffrey Dyson Award:
| Year |
Recipient |
Conference |
Presentation Title |
| 2011 |
Dr. Youlian Hong Chengdu Sports University |
Porto, Portugal |
Tai Chi:Movement Characteristics and Prevention of Falls |
| 2010 |
Dr. Barry Bates University of Oregon |
Marquette, USA |
Accommodating strategies for preventing chronic lower extremity injuries |
| 2009 |
Dr Albert Gollhofer University of Freiburg, Germany |
Limerick, Ireland |
Functional Role of Proprioceptive Feedback in Balance and in Reactive Movement |
| 2008 |
Dr Fred Yeadon Loughborough University, England |
Seoul, Korea |
Applications of Modelling to the Improvement of Sports Technique |
| 2007 |
Dr Ross Saunders University of Edinburgh, Scotland |
Ouro Preto, Brazil |
Rock and Roll Rhythms in Swimming |
| 2006 |
Dr Joe Hamill University of Massachusetts, USA |
Salzburg, Austria |
Overuse Injuries in Running: Do Complex Analyses Help our Understanding? |
| 2005 |
Dr Roger Bartlett University of Otago, New Zealand |
Beijing, China |
Future Trends in Sports Biomechanics |
| 2004 |
Dr Benno Nigg University of Calgary, Canada |
Ottawa, Canada |
Impact Forces and Injury – A New Paradigm |
| 2003 |
Conference Cancelled |
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| 2002 |
Dr Jesus Dapena Indiana University, USA |
Catheres, Spain |
The Evolution of High Jumping Technique: Biomechanical Analysis |
| 2001 |
Dr Peter Cavanagh |
San Francisco, USA |
Biomechanics on the International Space Station: The Past, Present and Future |
| 2000 |
Dr Bruce Mason Australian Institute of Sport |
Hong Kong, China |
Providing a Service to an Elite National Sports Programme |
| 1999 |
Dr James Hay Department of Sport and Exercise, University of Auckland, New Zealand |
Perth, Australia |
The Take-Off in the Long Jump and Other Running Jumps |
| 1998 |
Dr Herbert Hatze University of Vienna, Austria |
Konstanz, Germany |
Biomechanics of Sports – Selected Examples of Successful Applications and Future Perspectives |
| 1997 |
Dr Pekka Luhtanen Research Institute for Olympic Sports, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland |
Denton, USA |
How Biomechanics Research Can Help the Coach |
| 1996 |
Dr David Winter University of Waterloo, Canada |
Funchal, Portugal |
Total Body Kinetics: Our Diagnostic Key to Human Movement |
| 1995 |
Dr Patrick Bishop |
Thunder Bay, Canada |
Biomechanics of Cervical Quadriplegia. A Review |
| 1994 |
Dr Gert-Peter Bruggemann Institute for Athletics and Gymnastics, German Sport University, Cologne |
Siofok, Hungary |
Biomechanical Considerations on Jumping in Sports – An Approach to a Fundamental Understanding |
| 1993 |
Dr. Doris Miller University of Western Ontario, Canada |
Amhurst, USA |
The Challenge of Communicating with Coaches by Computer |
| 1992 |
Dr Vladimir Zatsiorsky Central Institute of Physical Culture, Moscow, Russia |
Milano, Italy |
Biomechanical Basis of Strength Training |
| 1991 |
Dr Elizabeth Roberts University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA |
Ames, USA |
Tracking Velocity in Motion |
| 1990 |
Not awarded |
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| 1989 |
Dr Bruce Elliott University of Western Australia |
Melbourne, Australia |
Biomechanics: Its Role in Sports Performance |
| 1988 |
Dr Marlene Adrian University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA |
Bozeman, USA |
Quasars and Quintessence |
| 1987 |
Dr Gerhardt Hochmuth Research Institute for Physical Culture and Sport, Leipzig |
Athens, Greece |
Biomechanical Movement Analysis Regarding the Aspect of Energy Input |
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