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Science of Sports - The Science of Athletics
Faster. Longer. Higher. Improving performance is more than a distant dream for the world's top track and field athletes - it's a lifelong passion. And now, technology is helping them find answers to the questions that could turn that passion to reality. What makes the perfect body? What are the latest training techniques? How do elements like diet, sportswear and proper equipment contribute to athletic success? And what gives some athletes the mental edge over their opponents? Let us examine the ways in which science is helping some of the world's top athletes achieve peak performance.
Science of Sports - The Science of Football
Top football stars, including Manchester United's Ryan Giggs, explain how modern science and technology enhance their game. A sport that combines skill, teamwork, stamina and strength, soccer demands peak fitness in its athletes. Find out how these athletes stay at the top of their game through enlightening interviews with their trainers and scientists. In addition, examine the physics behind football's complex interaction between motion, force and propulsion, and go behind the scenes with the UK's top teams and their stars, trainers, nutritionists and sports psychologists to find out their training secrets.
Science of Sports - The Science of Golf
Everyday thousands of would be Tiger Woods go on to a golf course in search of the perfect swing or the perfect putt. But what is the science behind the perfect golfing machine? There is now a multi-billion dollar research and development industry which strives to find success on the fairway. How much can swing doctors and their bio-mechanical tricks make the difference? Or is it the latest technology which gives you the edge? Or in the end is it really something in the mind which makes you a winner? Meet some of the top golfers in the world as they experience the highs and lows of eighteen holes of golf. See how science has improved the quality of the top pros' games and visit research and development facilities to see how science is allowing both professionals and amateurs to reach new heights of golfing success.
The Deep
If you drained the oceans, what would you find? This film takes you on a journey to the last great unexplored wilderness on Earth - the seabed. The pressure on the sea floor is so intense, that more people have walked on the moon, than have ever visited the deepest part of the ocean. It is home to violent volcanoes, temperatures hot enough to melt lead, the longest living animals on the planet, and earthquakes so powerful, they create giant tsunamis.
Film Title Date Time
Science of Sports - The Science of Athletics 26.10.2008 (Sun) 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Science of Sports - The Science of Football 16.11.2008 (Sun) 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Science of Sports - The Science of Golf 17.12.2008 (Wed) 3:30pm - 4:30pm
The Deep 29.10 & 12.11.2008 (Wed) 3:30pm - 4:30pm

* Films sponsored by National Geographic Channel

Venue : Lecture Hall, Hong Kong Science Museum
Language : English narration with Chinese subtitles
Free admission on a first come, first served basis.
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