Heinz Mechling

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Heinz Mechling (born October 1, 1945 ) is a German sports scientist and university professor .

Life

From 1968 to 1973 Heinz Mechling studied English and sports science at the Universities of Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg , the University of Mannheim and the University of Cambridge . He passed his first state examination in 1973. This was followed by his legal clerkship and in 1974 the second state examination. From 1973 to 1978 he worked as a research assistant at the Institute for Sport Science and Sport at the University of Heidelberg. From 1978 to 1993 he was head of department, from 1982 as scientific director for kinetics at the Federal Institute for Sport Science (BISp). During this time he did his doctorate at the Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Heidelberg and completed his doctorate in 1980 on the subject of "Dimensions of Sports Motor Performance" (together with Klaus Bös ) with the Dr. phil off.

From 1978 to 1992 Mechling held teaching assignments at the German Sport University Cologne and headed the department for movement theory at the BISp. In addition, between 1983 and 2001 he was a lecturer at the Trainer Academy of the German Sports Association in Cologne. In 1992 Mechling was appointed to the C3 professorship “Sport and Exercise” at the Institute for Sport and Sport Science at the University of Osnabrück . Until 1996 he headed the “Sport and Movement” department at the Institute for Sport and Movement Sciences at the University of Osnabrück. During this time he also stayed as a visiting professor at universities in the United States ( Florida State University , University of California, Los Angeles ), Kuwait and Bahrain .

In 1990 and 1991, on behalf of the BISp, Mechling played a decisive role in the evaluation and transfer of the Research Institute for Physical Culture and Sport in Leipzig to the newly founded Institute for Applied Training Science (IAT).

A call to the University of Bonn followed in 1996 for the C4 professorship at the Institute for Sport Science and Sport at the University of Bonn . There he dealt in particular with the area of ​​senior sports. In 2004 the German Sport University Cologne was offered a professorship (W3) for sport science “Focus on aging”. He worked out a concept for a newly founded institute and a related master's degree in “Movement and Sports Gerontology”. On this basis, the world's first institute for movement and sport gerontology was opened at the sports university in 2007. Mechling retired in October 2010.

In 2012 he was elected to the ethics council of the German Association for Sports Science for the first time .

Mechling's main research areas included age sports (including as chairman of the German Institute for Applied Sports Gerontology and as part of the “Fit for 100” project), motor learning, performance diagnostics and training control. In 2003 he and Jörn Munzert published the “Handbook Movement Science - Movement Theory”. In addition, he dealt with the complex technical training, sports science in a European context, the prognosis of athletic performance, acoustic movement transformation and training for young people in swimming.

Publications (selection)

  • Bös & Mechling (1983). Dimensions of sport motor performance
  • Carl, Kayser, Mechling & Preising (1984). Handbook of Sport: Scientific basics of teaching and training. Volume 1 and 2
  • Mechling (1989). Performance and efficiency in sport
  • Mechling (1994). Directory of sport research institutes
  • Mechling (1999). Co-ordinative Abilities
  • Mechling & Neumaier [eds.] (1999). "Movement coordination training" series
  • Mechling [ed.] (1998). Training in aging sports: athletic performance and fitness in the aging process
  • Mechling [ed.] (2003). Handbook of Movement Science - Movement Theory
  • Mechling & Brinkmann-Hurtig (2007). Vital - Healthy - Mobile Active aging with exercise
  • Schiffer, Mechling, Igel (2007). Dictionary of movement and training science: German - English
  • Mechling & Netz (2009). Capitalizing the protective effect of planned physical activity in old age
  • Eichberg, Mechling (2009). Motor development in later adulthood
  • Mechling (2017). Sport for everyone - "fit for 100" - a challenge in our time
  • Granacher, Mechling, Voelcker-Rehage [eds.] (2018). Handbook of movement and sport gerontology

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Bös, Klaus; Mechling, Heinz: Dimensions of sport motor performance. 1983, accessed January 6, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Heinz Mechling. In: Körber Foundation. Retrieved March 1, 2019 .
  3. ↑ a b CV of Heinz Mechling. In: ztg.tu-berlin.d. Retrieved March 1, 2019 .
  4. ↑ a b c BISp - Nachrichten - Prof. Mechling adopted. Retrieved March 1, 2019 .
  5. ↑ WHO IS WHO. In: German Sport University Cologne. Retrieved March 1, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Sports gerontology: the world's first institute opened in Cologne. In: Ärzteblatt. Retrieved March 1, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Ethics Council 2012-2014. In: German Association for Sports Science. January 3, 2019, accessed March 1, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Team - fit for 100. In: ff100.de. Retrieved March 1, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Michael Brach, Jutta Brinkmann-Hurtig, Michael Csöff, Ulrike Kraus, Heinz Mechling: Fit for 100: Exercise offers for the very old ; Promotion of mobility and independence for very old people . German Sport University Cologne, 2007 ( bisp-surf.de [accessed on March 1, 2019]).
  10. ^ Heinz Mechling, Jörn Munzert: Handbook movement science - movement theory (=  contributions to teaching and research in sport ). Hofmann, 2003, ISBN 978-3-7780-1911-5 ( bisp-surf.de [accessed on March 1, 2019]).
  11. ^ H. Mechling, Heinz Mechling, Jürgen Schiffer, Klaus Carl: Techniktraining woin? - Conclusion and perspectives . 1988, ISBN 978-3-89001-075-5 , pp. 177–188 ( bisp-surf.de [accessed March 1, 2019]).
  12. ^ Heinz Mechling: European institutions and sports science research . 1993, ISBN 978-3-89001-004-5 , pp. 47–56 ( bisp-surf.de [accessed March 1, 2019]).
  13. ↑ Klaus Bös: The prognosis of athletic performance over a period of 18 years. A follow-up examination in 27 year old adults. 1994, accessed March 1, 2019 .
  14. ↑ Heinz Mechling: Acoustic movement transformation. 1997, accessed March 1, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Mechling, Heinz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sports scientist, university professor
DATE OF BIRTH October 1, 1945