The Use of Technology in Both the Training Methods and Training Environment of Elite Athletes in Global Sport
Technology is used to help advance elite athletes, by achieving the
maximum for the individuals needs. Both with the training methods and
environments technology is being used more and more, for example
simulated competition environments.
Although such technology is becoming increasingly popular with elite
athletes, the provision of it depends very much on how much money is
at the athlete’s disposal. This could be personal/family wealth or
funding provided by a third party, such as lottery funding or
government funding.
There may be such cases where the athlete is part of a national team
that train in a sporting institute where all the technology is
provided for them and the sporting institute is funded governmentally.
From what I gather this tends to be the case due to the fact that it
is cheaper to concentrate expensive technology in a sporting
institute, and open up the training facility to the governing bodies
of each individual sport. This involves the governing bodies paying a
reduced fee, or nothing, depending on the governmental or lottery
funding situation for both the governing bodies and the sporting
institute.
Along with creating a national training centre for various sports to
provide training facilities that aren’t normally available to most
athletes for financial reasons, these sporting institutes can also
replicate many atmospheres, such as a competition atmosphere, which is
very important part of training for athletes to aid them with the
preparation for the pressures that they will have to deal wit...
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...e to his job correctly he must have such
things a ultrasonic/ultrasound machines for deep tissue therapy, and
electromyography equipment to analyse muscle activity. This shows that
even the team that follow an athlete/s around for medical support at
competitions need to use technology to be able to do their job.
This shows that in modern day global sport it isn’t possible to
compete at an elite level without all these forms of technology that
have been introduced over the course of time, because if there are
people using this high level of technological advancement within a
sport then others have to use it to be able to keep up, otherwise they
will be over taken. This is because the ones using the facilities will
know more about their own personal needs and be able to provide them,
hence increasing their performance.
decency. The other side of the spectrum would view the sport as a highly entertaining
Professional sports are a vital component to our society as we know it. Week in and week out, fans fill the stands to cheer on their favorite teams, just the same as they did 50 years ago. On the contrary, these professional sports have evolved with the introduction of new technologies that are erupting controversies, especially in the last decade. Experts suggest that these advantages that today’s players have over those in the past can ruin the integrity of the achievements and records they set during their era. Players are getting a distinct advantage, raising the question at hand. Are technological advancements in today’s sports harming the game as a whole? Golf is undeniably a sport that has been thoroughly impacted by technology, and we will examine how the game has been affected.
sports I play and take it beyond that to practice it during my free time to be the best I can.
The ball comes speeding over the net and slams down onto the face of the court landing just beyond the base line, the line running along the back of the court. I had called her winning point... "out." As I turned towards her, I could see the anger building in her eyes. We walked towards each other, and with only the net separating us, she began to confront me. She argued that, as she saw it, the ball was obviously in and that we should replay the point. I wanted this game as much as she did and we were both standing strong. I finally decided that there was no use in fighting. We had to resolve this argument between ourselves because there were no line judges to decide for us. We decided to replay the point and she won. I tried to convince myself that there would be times when a call would be questionable and that I should try not to point fingers. I still went home discouraged that night because I knew that the call I had made was fair.
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ability both to enhance and destroy sport and care must be taken that they do not do the
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Sports; friendly competitions that date even before the Olympics. Traditionally, these sports are activities like boxing, discus, wrestling, soccer and basketball. However, there might be a few new activities joining that list; League of Legends, Dota 2, StarCraft II, and Call of Duty. A few popular videogames that currently have described as Electronic sports these names. Electronic sports, or more commonly known as eSports, is a term used to describe to describe organized electronic game competitions. However, the question of whether esports are a “real” sport has become a worldwide controversial subject.
...pective sports. Though weight training used to be believed the most effective way of training, we now know that athletes must train their power development to see the most gains. The higher the motor recruitment, the more power will be generated through the athletes body. Power lifts such as plyometrics and explosive medicine ball throws are an efficient way to train but are not the most effective. These exercises can be used in an athletes training program but the main focus must be on olympic lifting and maximal efforts sprints. These methods are proven to be the most effective in getting the maximal motor recruitment levels from athletes. Concluding that in order to be the most effective athlete they can, they must have a power oriented lift which includes some simple power exercises but mainly focuses on the difficult olympic lifts and maximal effort sprints.
118 years ago the first modern Olympic games were held in Athens, with a total of 311 participating athletes from a range of 16 different countries, it is only a fraction of the Olympic Games that we know today (Chalkley, 1999). Not only has the Games grew in number, but it has developed to be a showcase to allow for the host country to demonstrate their physical and economic capabilities. However, the Olympics has received many negative remarks debating whether if it is beneficial to the host. On the contrary, the benefits of hosting the Games outweigh the negatives. Once the Olympic Games conclude it provides the country 's top professional athletes with pristine facilities to train and compete, and they can also be repurposed to be of use
There are many ways technology is used in physical education in schools today. Technology in PE is any thing that helps teachers improve the environment and class room activity 's for students and get them to be more physically active in and out side of the class room. There are many different ways technology is used, and it is a positive way to engage students in their physical education class. In my eyes technology in physical education is a very effective way to improve students physical fitness in and outside of the classroom.
The sports field, where sweat, tears, laughters and cheers are prevalent. Where your gender, age, race and ideology are not relevant. Sport is a universal language, and it surpasses all national, cultural, economic and political barriers. It forms a shared bond between people and helps unify those from diverse backgrounds and break down the barriers of prejudice within the nations.
Nowadays, important sectors in our country like industrial, plantation and automotive sectors are able to enjoy rapid improvement and success domestically or internationally. All these sectors have shown a lot of positive outcomes except for our sport sector. Recent statistics prove that our sport sector is facing problems and is declining in many aspects and areas that contribute to the poor productivity and progress. For example, our national athletes’ disappointment at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games which our country was unable to win any medals in sports competed also indicates that fresh new ideas and alternatives are needed to save as well as to improve the quality of sports in our country. There are many ways that we could implement to improve the quality of sports in our country.