Daniel Gould and Robert S Weinberg
Technology has taken sports by storm. There are metrics and statistics for every imaginable happening, and sport technology has become increasingly important for recording, analyzing, and optimizing athletic performance (Fuss, Subic, Strangwood, & Metha, 2013). Sport psychology is participating in this technological revolution, and Schack, Bertollo, Koester, Maycock, and Essig (2014) highlight some of the useful applications in sport psychology of technology.
This article talks about a few technologies that are useful in sport psychology. VR was the first tech mentioned, but this is already something I know. The article mentions eye tracking, which is not something I thought of, and found quite interesting.
“eye tracking,which focuses on the process of monitoring and recording athletes’ gaze positions when they look at 2D and 3D stimuli. This technology allows researchers to determine exact gaze patterns and then spatial-temporal scan paths….”
I don’t think eye tracking is a tech that would be necessary for sprinting, but I can understand why it would be useful for sports such as tennis and soccer.
Gould, Daniel, Wienberg, Robert S. “Technological Advances in Sport Psychology.” Human Kinetics, n.d.
