Injury prevention and treatment is becoming more effective and refined due to the introduction of new technological advances, making sports safer in a number of ways. The best example being, the evolution of sports clothing and gear in American football. Where players from the early 1900’s would have been slamming into each other wearing leather padsContinue reading “Injuries – In or Out?”
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Motion Capture in Sport for Performance Analysis
The difference between winning and losing can be a matter of millimetres or milliseconds. Sport has become so precise that all those who wish to compete at the highest level are analyzing every movement trying to discover what can be improved and what can refined that will help shave priceless seconds off their times. TheContinue reading “Motion Capture in Sport for Performance Analysis”
Suits or Skins?
In competitive swimming, the biggest change since the beginning of competitions is the swimwear. Athlethes are always looking for the advantge over their rivals. But sometimes this can go too far and there is a need for regulations in the sport to stop these innovations from ruining the integrity of the sport. Innovation is notContinue reading “Suits or Skins?”
Couch Potato
As we enter the roaring 20’s it has become clear that numbers matter. In the past number of years there has been an ever increasing interest in personal fitness devices [1]. From free-to-download apps to high-end smart watches, the common theme is numbers. These systems absorb the readings from every last category of your healthContinue reading “Couch Potato”
Innovation in F1
Formula 1 racing has been at the forefront of innovation since its beginnings in 1950. Over the past 70 years the sport has contributed to society with constructors making leaps and bounds in the safety and efficiency of cars. Formula 1 has provided a platform for highly competitive innovation in technology. The desire to winContinue reading “Innovation in F1”
VAR VERDICT
Section of match point giving updates on the VAR decisions carried out on a weekly basis in the premier league, whereby a final VAR verdict will be reached at the end of the season whether VAR was a success or a failure during its debut season in the premier league. MATCH-DAY 26 Sat 8th FebContinue reading “VAR VERDICT”
Fantasy Sports
Fantasy sports gives sports fans a unique opportunity to interact with real-world sports. Fans score points based on how well their chosen players do in real games. This gives fans deep insight into statistics of games and helps them see a different perspective on games. For an example let’s take basketball….players can score points basedContinue reading “Fantasy Sports”
Athle-tech
The presence of technology in Athletics has become the new age version of doping. With the 2020 Olympics just around the corner, the World Athletics Commission are scrambling to set standards on what type of running shoes are accepted with newly implemented rules and regulations. The question being posed now is, are these advancements in technologyContinue reading “Athle-tech”
Video Assistant Referee
Video Assistant Referee (VAR) has been a source of controversy since August, 2019 when the technology was implemented into the Premier League in the UK. The purpose of the technology is to assist the in-game referee when there is uncertainty around a particular incident. The technology has been used in American Football, Rugby and manyContinue reading “Video Assistant Referee”
Introduction
The purpose of this blog is to discuss the importance of information systems in sports. Our discussion will vary across a wide range of sports and from multiple points of view. There are five authors for this blog, Ronan McAlister, Ciaran Kelleher, Cathal Healy, Karen Morrissey and Taron Wright. We are all students in TrinityContinue reading “Introduction”
