Publications

Journal Articles

Betzler, N.F., Monk, S.A., Wallace, E.S., & Otto, S.R. (2012). Effects of golf shaft stiffness on strain, clubhead presentation and wrist kinematics. Sports Biomechanics, iFirst. doi: 10.1080/14763141.2012.681796. Link

Betzler, N.F., Monk, S.A., Wallace, E.S., & Otto, S.R. (2012). Variability in clubhead presentation characteristics and ball impact location for golfers' drives. Journal of Sports Sciences, 30, 439-448. doi: 10.1080/02640414.2011.653981 Link

Betzler, N.F., Slater, C., Strangwood, M., Monk, S.A., Otto, S.R., & Wallace, E.S. (2011). The static and dynamic stiffness behaviour of composite golf shafts and their constituent materials. Sports Engineering, 14, 27-37. doi: 10.1007/s12283-011-0068-1 Link

Betzler, N., Monk, S., Wallace, E., Otto, S.R., & Shan, G. (2008). From the double pendulum model to full-body simulation: evolution of golf swing modeling. Sports Technology, 1, 175-188.Link

Betzler, N., Hofmann, M., Shan, G., & Witte, K. (2006). Biomechanical Modelling of a Golf Swing by Means of the Multibody-Kinetics Software ADAMS. International Journal of Computer Science in Sport, 5, 52-55.Link

Betzler, N.F., Monk, S.A., Wallace, E.S., & Otto, S.R. (2012). Effects of golf shaft stiffness on strain, clubhead presentation and wrist kinematics. Sports Biomechanics, iFirst. doi: 10.1080/14763141.2012.681796

Betzler, N.F., Monk, S.A., Wallace, E.S., & Otto, S.R. (2012). Variability in clubhead presentation characteristics and ball impact location for golfers' drives. Journal of Sports Sciences, 30, 439-448. doi: 10.1080/02640414.2011.653981

Betzler, N.F., Slater, C., Strangwood, M., Monk, S.A., Otto, S.R., & Wallace, E.S. (2011). The static and dynamic stiffness behaviour of composite golf shafts and their constituent materials. Sports Engineering, 14, 27-37. doi: 10.1007/s12283-011-0068-1

Betzler, N., Monk, S. A., Wallace, E., Otto, S. R., & Shan, G. (2008). From the double pendulum model to full-body simulation: evolution of golf swing modeling. Sports Technology 1(4-5), 175-188.

Betzler, N., Hofmann, M., Shan, G., & Witte, K. (2006). Biomechanical Modelling of a Golf Swing by Means of the Multibody-Kinetics Software ADAMS. International Journal of Computer Science in Sport, 5(2), 52-55.

Conference Proceedings

Betzler, N., Slater, C., Strangwood, M., Wallace, E.S., & Otto, S.R. (2009). The static and dynamic behaviour of carbon fibre composites used in golf club shafts. Paper presented at the International Conference on Composite Materials, 27th-31st July 2009, Edinburgh.

Betzler, N., Brown, S., Wallace, E.S., Otto, S.R., & Shan, G. (2008). Effect of 6-iron club properties on thorax and pelvis rotation at key events of the golf swing. In D.J. Crews & R. Lutz (Eds.), Science and Golf V (pp. 455-461). Mesa, Arizona: Energy in Motion Inc.

Betzler, N., Shan, G., & Witte, K. (2007). The influence of different golf club designs on swing performance in skilled golfers. In F.K. Fuss, A. Subic & S. Ujihashi (Eds.), The Impact of Technology on Sport II (pp. 253-258). London: Taylor & Francis Group.

Witte, K., Wunderlich, B., Betzler, N., Thévenin, D., Bordás, R., & Edelmann-Nusser, J. (2006). Examination of a Swimming Dummy’s Flow Field by Using Laser Doppler Velocimetry. In E.F. Moritz & S. Haake (Eds.), Engineering of Sport - Developments in Sports: Proceedings of the Isea 2006, Munich. New York: Springer.

Betzler, N., Kratzenstein, S., Schweizer, F., Witte, K., & Shan, G. (2006). 3D Motion Analysis of Golf Swings: Development and validation of a golf-specific test set-up. Paper presented at the 9th ISB Symposium on the 3D Analysis of Human Movement, Valenciennes, France.

Reviewing

I am performing peer reviews for the following journals: Sports Engineering, Journal of Sports Sciences, Sports Biomechanics, Journal of Applied Biomechanics

Awards and Scholarships

December 2008: 1st prize: ‘Sports Engineering Student Project Competition’ of the International Sports Engineering Association.

September 2007: International Travel Grant of the Royal Academy of Engineering (London) to visit Asia-Pacific Conference on Sports Technology in Singapore. Link

June 2005: Stipend of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) to visit ‘Sports Engineering Summer School‘ in Italy. Link

Dr. Nils Betzler

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