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Could Technology Be More Important Than The Athletes Using It?
Sports are more competitive than ever and with growing number of countries and competitors going head to head for gold medals, having an edge is very important. There have been many cases of people doing unsavoury things to get an advantage, such as blood doping and even poisoning competitors before an event. As sporting bodies crack down on this type of rule-abuse however, many are turning to technology to improve their chances. Below are 3 of the main ways sports are benefiting from developments in technology.
Training Facilities. Sports performers of old were sometimes quite limited in their training facility options. This might be down the local park or even in your garage in some cases. Modern sporting stars have it a little better however as they can now utilise special variable-environment chambers when training. In these rooms the trainers can vary temperature, air pressure, humidity, oxygen levels and whole host of other things using special equipment. This allows the replication of any environment, from altitude training to exercising in a very hot and humid country, and if you train in these conditions the body will adapt quite quickly.
Improved Equipment. Sporting equipment has been the focus of much development over the years and has come on a long way. Depending on the sport, equipment can play an incredibly important role in performance.Compare something as simple as swimming costumes to how they looked a couple of decades ago, or how advanced archery bows now look. Advances in technology and materials are arguable as important as the athlete training, and provide us with such amazing things as carbon fibre mountain bikes and hydrogen filled running shoes.
Monitoring Tools. One of the most important developments in sporting technology, and one that shouldn’t be overlooked, is our ability to very closely monitor athlete’s performances. This might be the study of ones metabolic rate during performance for example, or the videoing and replaying of performances at incredibly high frame rate and definition. A company in Australia have even developed pressure pads in surfboards that can relay information about a surfer’s board positions and balance. By identifying weaknesses in performance, even on a minute level, you can gain the upper hand on the opposition if you rectify it.
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