Sports biomechanics in the research of the Department of Biomechanics of University School of Physical Education in Poznań. Part 2. Biomechanics of rowing: research conducted in the rowing pool and under real conditions. Reconstruction and synthesis.

The purpose of this study was to reconstruct the early phase of scientific research conducted at the Department of Biomechanics of the College of Physical Education and since 1972 at the University School of Physical Education in Poznań, with special attention paid to the works on biomechanics of rowing, carried out as part of the Ministerial Project PR 105 entitled The effectiveness of training, sports competition as well as regeneration in sports. Two kinds of biomechanical research are described: the several years' expert research conducted on the Rowing National Team in an original two-module Rowing Pool Testing Station BTW-1, as well as research on geometric optimization of the rowing station, conducted under real conditions, in reservoirs, with the use of a prototypical, unique at that time, computer measurement system BIOMIK, installed in the rower's own boat. The projects were carried out by doctoral students from the Department of Biomechanics and the Department of Clinical Biomechanics, Andrzej Lisiecki and Wojciech Mikołajczyk, respectively.