Technology in sport

• Physical tests

  • Lab-based testing
  • Field-based testing
  • use of trackers
• Psychological Testing

  • Questionnaires
  • Interviews
  • Observations
• Technical testing

  • Biomechanical
  • 3D motion capture
  • video analysis
• Tactical Testing

  • Notational Analysis
  • Hand notation
  • pre, post + during
• Implications for a coach, Physical

  • Identify strengths + weaknesses
  • monitor progress
• Implications for a coach, Psychological

  • Find issues e.g stress + anxiety
  • understand individuals
• Implications for a coach, Technical

  • Improve technique
  • efficiency
  • prevent injury
• Implications for a coach, tactical

  • Team selection
  • immediate changes during game
  • analyse opponent
• Four Populations

  1. Officials
  2. Coach
  3. Performer
  4. Spectators
• Technology usage for performers

  • Used pre, during and post comp
  • Make specific targets
  • Analyse performance
  • Analyse of opposition + advancement in coaching
  • Enhance technique
  • Clothing, lycra for streamlining
• Technology usage for coaches/ sports sciences

  • Performance monitoring + analysis
  • Biomechanical analysis: injury rehabilitation
  • Quantitative data: training programmes
  • Nutritional monitoring
  • Recovery management
  • Communication + Collaboration
• Technology usage for Officials

  • Reduces pressure to make decisions
  • Communication - with other officials
  • Decision making
• Technology usage for spectators

  • Camera angle - different angles
  • Statistical information
  • Interactive surface
  • Digital media - follow wide range of sports
  • Social Media - personal link
• Technology has increased what?

  • Access
  • Facilities
  • Equipment
  • Cost
  • Safety
  • Monitoring exercise
• Ads for a performer

  • Reduce injury
  • improved equipment - safety
  • collaborative approach to performance
  • data rich e.g apps -> motivation
  • Prevent overtraining, insight to training
• Disads for a performer

  • To much focus on data
  • Availability and cost of equipment
  • Ownership of performance -> Data driven
• Ads for a coach

  • Support team selection
  • Research opposition and apply tactics
  • Analysis becomes more objective
• Disads for a coach

  • Focus on wrong aspects e.g. opposition
  • Lack human approach, fixed on stats
  • Knowledge of results compared with knowledge of performance
  • Becoming robots, data driven
  • Costly
• Ads for officials

  • Information easily shared
  • Decision more reliable + accurate
  • More objective decision
  • Increase confidence of decisions made
  • Ease pressure, show evidence to spectators
• Disads for Officials

  • Removes accountability
  • Only at Elite level
  • Undermine officials decision
  • Lacks spirit of fair play
  • Inconsistent use across sports
  • Disrupt flow of the game, officials back + forth to screen
• Ads for Spectators

  • More engagement, more informed about rules, know team sheets
  • Have direct link to athletes
  • Digital media - follow wide range of sports
• Disads for Spectators

  • Able to attack/harass athletes online with ease
  • Less people attend games as its very accessible via TV/sky sports
  • Reduction in ticket sales/gate money