The film tells about the research of Soviet scientists in the field of high-performance sports and the health of Soviet youth.
The starting pistol is fired.
Athletes run the 100-meter dash, throw a javelin, and do a long jump.
Hurdles.
Michelangelo's statue of David.
Alternating frames with different angles of David's head.
An athlete sitting in the lotus position.
Various yoga poses.
A mime performing.
A laboratory where athlete's movements are studied.
Professor I.P. Ratov gives commands to change movements.
Research is conducted in the biomechanics laboratory of the All-Russian Research Institute of Physical Culture.
Athletes finish the 100-meter dash.
An unsuccessful attempt at a high jump.
Yoga poses.
A study of the movement of individual muscles of the body.
An athlete's face under stress.
The mime's face during a performance.
A study of muscle tension and relaxation in an athlete.
Athletes learn to relax muscles that are not involved in the movement.
A female athlete performs ideal gymnastic movements, which are translated by a computer into sound signals from muscles.
Teenagers play electronic games created in the laboratory.
Turns on a disk.
An athlete vaults with a pole.
Sport, Science, Sports results, Yoga, Muscles, Posture, Health
I.P.Ratov
Moscow
Laboratory of Biomechanics, All-Russian Research Institute of Physical Culture.