2) 6.4 modern technology in sport

• modern technology on access

  elite sport

  • improved facilities
  • more disabled specific training venues - increased overall quality of elite sport
• modern technology on access

  general participation

  • increased access to facilities - disabled lifts, wider doors, indoor ski centres
  • increased inclusion - adapted equipment for mobility e.g wheelchair basketball and swimming pool hoists
  • creation of new sports - blind football
• modern technology on facilities

  elite sport

  • specialist training facilities - bisham abbey £2 million for 2012 olympics preparation
  • venedrome in manchester
  • white water rafting in london
  • altitude tents
  • ice pools
• modern technology on facilities

  general participation

  • sport surfaces - provide rebound or slip resistance and can improve shock absorption
  • flood lighting greater use of sports facility hypoxic chamber
  • disabled friendly venues
• modern technology on equipment

  elite sport

  • prosthetic devices e.g springlite created for athletes who have lost a lower limb acts like a springboard to aid running action
  • wheelchair devices sharply slanted back wheels for tennis player to allow the player to move across the court quickly
  • research and develop in strength and conditioning - underwater treadmill
  • safety - cricket helmets
• modern technology on equipment

  general participation

  • composite materials make sports equipment such as raquets and protective gear lighter and more durable
  • trainers
  • precision hydration - monitoring loss of sodium during sweating leading to more effective replacement in the body of salts
  • laboratory gait analysis
• modern technology on monitoring exercise safety

  elite sport

  • greater use of medical testing/screening
  • change of policy at games - medical team and stop game
  • technology to help recover from injury
  • allow people to continue playing e.g cheek protector
  • face masks in hockey
• modern technology on monitoring exercise safety

  general participation

  • fitbits/smart watches
  • smart scales
  • more aware of health
  • defibrillators