Modern tech

• Elite sport


  Help assessing someone’s potential to become an elite athlete

  assess health and physiological make up

  prosthetics for disabled athletes
• general participation


  access to buildings allowing disabled people to access

  improvement in facilities

  surfaces and lighting improvements

  equipment made for more optimal training

  lighter and more durable equipment

  hypoxic chamber developments

  more effective physiological testing

  avoiding injury
• limited or reduced participation

  improves access to facilities

  monitoring training is easy

  expensive

  sponsored athletes can afford latest modern tech

  disadvantage to those in developing countries

  computers and games give alternatives to real participation
• fair outcomes


  VAR and other tech used to make fairer calls by officials

  video replay systems

  hawk eye in tennis

  officials have more pressure to use tech rather than make their own calls

  media judgement increases for officials

  ways to detect cheats
• entertainment


  replay and slow motion tech

  screens show action replays at games

  multiple camera angles

  punditry and explanations of games

  personal evaluation for athletes more possible

  interruptions In tv replays can interfere with the flow of the event

  can decrease entertainment

  sport may lose money as people decide to watch on tv instead

  highlights can be seen in expensively and from home