FFHOW TECHNOLOGY COME TO SPORT?

In the 20th century, millions of people were able to watch sports events on TV. The sport of high achievement became a mass spectacle - football matches, the Olympic Games, athletics championships began to gather full stadiums. On the other hand, the athletes, in order to win and withstand the pressure from their rivals, were not enough only for skill, strength and endurance.

In both cases, technology began to come to the aid of the sports industry and the athletes themselves. For example, in 1964 the English football club Coventry first installed the first electronic scoreboard at its stadium, and now all arenas are equipped with large multimedia screens, which display not only the results of the match, but also its video broadcast in real time.

Or technology could not only help the audience, but also stimulate the athletes themselves and change this or that sport. For example, tennis in the 1980s began to produce rackets made of an innovative material - graphite, and the strings were the thinnest and very durable mesh. Thus, the rackets became much lighter, and this, in turn, led to an increase in the speed of the ball - up to 200 km / h! The athletes had to move faster and improve their physical shape.

But the referees also had a difficult time - they did not have time to follow the rapidly flying ball - and therefore electronic tracking and statistics systems appeared. In figure skating, football, volleyball, video replay and electronic marking systems were gradually introduced to resolve controversial issues.

But how are gadgets evolving to help the athletes of the future themselves - directly while they are moving? Let's watch.

Sports technology of the future

Smart suits

In speed skating and in some other sports, athletes' clothing is special. Their beautiful suits are made using motion capture technology: they create an accurate 3D model of the athlete's body and, on its basis, assemble a unique suit, taking into account all the individual characteristics of a particular skater.

Data collection systems

You've probably seen or used a fitness bracelet yourself, which measures our physical activity. Similar gadgets for athletes are more complex and have more functions. They wear such devices during workouts - and special sensors collect data: pulse, blood pressure, and other processes in the body. This information is collected in a special database, which the coach analyzes and then decides how to build the athlete's training.

Artificial Intelligence Analysis

Technologies that enable effective decision-making are especially important in team sports. With the help of AI, coaches and analysts assess the condition of each individual athlete and how the teams of several players work in a bundle. Thus, the whole team is fine-tuned, taking into account such parameters as a specific opponent, playing at home or away, and climatic conditions. At the same time, as always, such systems self-learn, which means that their experience grows and they become real "computer" trainers!

Cyber technologies

If you see in the broadcast that the competition is won by an athlete with legs like a robot, do not be alarmed, in fact this is a person with disabilities. It is a real miracle that thanks to high-tech prostheses and other devices, people who have received serious injuries can not only live a full life, but also show results comparable to those of high-performance sports. Perhaps cyber technologies will be used for completely healthy athletes - the main thing is that everyone is on an equal footing.