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January 16, 2018 by admin
SPORTS BIOMETRICS NEWS
January 16, 2018
Adidas recently launched a new line of performance tech sportswear called Alphaskin, designed through a motion-capture system to identify areas where fabric might impede an athlete’s movements.
Electrical muscle stimulation devices are well worth the investment when used in certain situations. This articles presents six specific protocols where e-stim will have the greatest benefit for athletes. It also contains Coach Valle’s “recipes” for EMS best practices for each protocol.
While CrossFit-style workouts continue to grow in popularity, training density remains a misunderstood concept by most athletes. This article helps the average coach gain an understanding of the way to connect work capacity and energy systems into a program, taking a more sophisticated approach to training density.
Supplements are a multi-billion dollar industry. But, unlike pharmaceutical companies, manufacturers don’t have to prove that their products are effective, only that they are safe – and that’s for new supplements only.
The struggle for balance between academics and athletics is a challenge every swimmer faces. English Olympian Aimee Willmott exemplifies how it is possible to excel in both. Last month Willmott, who studies at the School of Health, Sport and Bioscience at University of East London, had her dissertation published in The European Journal of Sports Science.
January 15, 2018 by admin
SPORTS BIOMETRICS NEWS
January 15, 2018
With the PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games beginning next month, Samsung has revealed it has given two Dutch short track speedskaters access to the Samsung SmartSuit to try to help them win Olympic gold. A competitive form of speed-skating, short track speed competitions take place on an oval ice track of a circumference of just 364 feet.
Colorado Rapids Soccer Club announced today the hiring of Chad Kolarcik as the club’s head of sports science & performance. Kolarcik becomes the second technical staff hire this week after Fran Taylor was named assistant general manager on Wednesday. “Bringing in Chad is an important step for us
The Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) will soon be receiving robust data solutions. A partnership has been formed making Beitai Digital the league’s official and exclusive data service provider. Beitai, an exclusive partner of Sportradar, will develop data products and services for the league and its fans.
Training with flywheels works scientifically and you can place it into a program practically. This article will present the science behind the way the body remodels from specific flywheel training, and instruct you on using a flywheel system more beneficially.
By Gladys Onambele-Pearson, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK and Kostas Tsintzas, the University of Nottingham, UK Why is exercise physiology particularly prone to self-labelled gurus? It may have to do with the widespread use of social media and the rise in striving for a so-called ‘athletic’ looking body and ‘optimal’ eating.
January 12, 2018 by admin
SPORTS BIOMETRICS NEWS
January 12, 2018
While baseball is a statistician’s dream with its series of discrete actions across the field, the development of comparable analytics in football is hindered by the complexity of formations and events – what the president of EdjSports has called “a probability atom bomb” – not to mention the scoring of points in varying increments, yet the ultimate goal is binary: win or lose.
SOUL Electronics is bringing a new type of earphone to market. Debuting at this week’s CES in Las Vegas is the AI earphones with Gait Analysis. Powered by Beflex Biomech Engine, the earphones monitor running form to provide users with live, in-ear coaching.
A new swimsuit is challenging Apple Watch with a stealth sensor built into the lining that will track and log swim workouts, alleviating the need for third-party wrist-worn devices. Swim.com and Spire announced this week a new collaboration in which the Spire Health Tag wearable can be permanently installed onto existing swimsuits on SwimOutlet.com for an additional $30.
Motion-capture technology has revealed that the source of runners’ back pain lies deeper than expected, according to a new study. Scientists collected data using a motion-capture system and pressure-sensitive plates as participants ran around a track; the researchers then used the findings to 3D-model bones and muscles in a moving human body.
What is the foot strike pattern? If you divide the foot into three geometrically equal parts, you will call these sections rear- mid- and forefoot. Now, imagine to have a device that can tell you which of these three parts was the first to touch the ground at each step.