Ellora Thwaite selected biomechanics as the topic for her advanced coaching pedagogy due to her personal experiences with injury and rehabilitation from high-performance sports. She has dealt with state team selection, two serious injuries requiring surgery and rehabilitation, and wants to better understand how the body functions physiologically and mechanically in order to potentially understand why she experienced repeated injuries. Biomechanics is of interest to her due to its relevance to her experiences in elite sports and its influence in injury prevention and performance.