02 October 2008

radio tracking system for athletes monitoring

High-tech tracking device for Olympic success@ASC

The latest weapon in Australian athletes’ training arsenal has just been added thanks to a new collaboration announced by the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) and the CSIRO.

In a world first, a mobile radio transmitter attached to an athlete or equipment can track their every move. The information is instantaneously sent back to the coach via a wireless network, enabling monitoring of an athlete’s location, speed and position relative to other athletes.

For a cyclist training in a velodrome, a light, mobile phone-sized device can be attached to the bike and can monitor, in real time, the cyclist’s location, speed, split times and accelerations. As well, the device can marry this information with the athlete’s sensory data such as body temperature and various indicators of fatigue.

09 September 2008

Sports Sci J@Jul-Aug08

This is the latest sports science journal update.

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Jul-Aug 08

Coaching

Stressors in elite sport: A coach perspective. JSS

Sprint vs. Interval Training in Football. IJSM

Strength & Conditioning

Development and Reliability of Two Core Stability Field Tests. JSCR

Resistance Exercise Biology: Manipulation of Resistance Exercise Programme Variables Determines the Responses of Cellular and Molecular Signalling Pathways. SM

Program Development for the Multisport High School Athlete. SCJ

Physiology

Autonomic Control of Heart Rate during and after Exercise: Measurements and Implications for Monitoring Training Status. SM

Evaluation of the Reliability of Soccer-Specific Field Tests. JSCR

Predicting Lactate Threshold Using Ventilatory Threshold. IJSM

Recovery From Training: A Brief Review: Brief Review. JSCR

Effect of Hydrotherapy on Recovery from Fatigue. IJSM

The Effects of Contrast Bathing and Compression Therapy on Muscular Performance. MSSE

Recovery training in cyclists: ergometric, hormonal and psychometric findings. SJMSS

Effect of Recovery Mode on Repeated Sprint Ability in Young Basketball Players. JSCR

Precooling Improves Endurance Performance in the Heat. CJSM

Is it Time for Sports Performance Researchers to Adopt a Clinical-Type Research Framework? IJSM

Doping and Physiological Research – Hostile Brothers or Unwanted Twins? IJSM

Nutrition

Anaerobic performance when rehydrating with water or commercially available sports drinks during prolonged exercise in the heat. APNM

Putting to rest the myth of creatine supplementation leading to muscle cramps and dehydration. BJSM

Biomechanics

Nil

Sports Medicine

A Physiological and Psychological Basis for Anti-Pronation Taping from a Critical Review of the Literature. SM

Concurrent Validity of Four Clinical Tests Used to Measure Hamstring Flexibility. JSCR

Different Diagnostic Tools in Nonfunctional Overreaching. IJSM

Screening the athlete’s shoulder for impingement symptoms: a clinical reasoning algorithm for early detection of shoulder pathology. BJSM

Salivary IgA as a Risk Factor for Upper Respiratory Infections in Elite Professional Athletes. MSSE

Air Pollution and Sports Performance in Beijing. IJSM

Psychology

Functional impact of emotions on athletic performance: Comparing the IZOF model and the directional perception approach. JSS

Talent ID and development

Anthropometric and Physiological Differences Between First Team and Reserve Soccer Players Aged 10-14 Years at the Beginning and End of the Season. JSCR

Association of the ACTN3 R577X polymorphism with power athlete status in Russians. EJAP

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18 August 2008

SPEEDO effects

LZR-Racer Results@SPEEDO

It’s been an amazing 8 days of swimming, 23 out of 25 WR’s have been won by athletes wearing Speedo LZR RACER at the Beijing Games (92%).

94% of gold medals at the games have been won in Speedo LZR RACER.

89% of all medals were won in Speedo LZR RACER.

Every event in men’s swimming was won by an athlete wearing the Speedo LZR RACER.

13 August 2008

radio tracking system for indoor and outdoor sports

High-tech tracking device for Olympic success@AIS

The latest weapon in Australian athletes’ training arsenal has just been added thanks to a new collaboration announced today by the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) and the CSIRO.

In a world first, a mobile radio transmitter attached to an athlete or equipment can track their every move. The information is instantaneously sent back to the coach via a wireless network, enabling monitoring of an athlete’s location, speed and position relative to other athletes.

For a cyclist training in a velodrome, a light, mobile phone-sized device can be attached to the bike and can monitor, in real time, the cyclist’s location, speed, split times and accelerations. As well, the device can marry this information with the athlete’s sensory data such as body temperature and various indicators of fatigue.

12 August 2008

sports technology used in Beijing Olympics

Gadgets Boost Olympic Performance — Legally@wired

Speedo LZR Suit

Lew Racing 8-Spoke Wheel and Disc Cranked Arrow

Respro Sportsta Face Mask

CAT-150 Hypoxic Portable Tent

Nike MaxSight contact lenses

Nike Flywire Zoom Victory Spikes and Adidas Lone Stars

Game Ready Cooling Vest and Nike PreCool Vest

Mizuno RB500/14.0 Bat

Nike Pidima

Robo-Pong 2040 Training Robot

Mikasa MVA200

VR Goggles