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Wouldn't one expect biology to be more useful than physics for most sports? Classical mechanics has been well-understood for long enough for domain-specific knowledge about how to apply mechanics to sports to be translated into terms that even a sub-par phys-ed coach can understand and repeat, but there are new discoveries every year about how the body responds biologically to different kinds of nutrition and stressors.
It took a bit of an outsider-- a mediocre swimmer who was nuts about the sport-- to apply physics to swimming, and he didn't start by thinking about physics, he started by noticing that naturally good swimmers didn't look the same in the water as naturally bad swimmers.
There may still be plenty of low-hanging fruit left to apply physics to sports. Or maybe not-- that site mentions that, because of the high drag from water, efficiency is more crucial in swimming than in other sports.
Maybe you meant this link?
You're right. Thanks. Corrected.