Incredible Ways Tech Can Improve Your Athletic Ability

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Technology is constantly evolving and adapting to suit our needs and desires. There are now very few things in life that don’t involve some form of tech. That includes sports. Slowly but surely, technology has started to play it’s part on training, shaping and aiding athletes.

If you don’t believe that, just look at some of these examples of how tech has altered the way we train and play.

Robotics

You might have heard of the Turing Test. The Turing test is the test to find out whether a robot could convince someone that they were human. Typically, this requires the AI to answer questions or to respond to specific challenges. Thus far no robot has passed the Turing test. But that doesn’t mean that AI and robotics aren’t helping us every day of our lives.

In sports, they can be used to improve our skill in an activity and further our training. That’s certainly true when using table tennis robots.

Table tennis robots aren’t advanced as some of the other robotics on the market right now. But it’s still quite incredible to be able to practice with a robot that responds in a humanistic way. Though, when you get right down to it, it’s quite a basic setup.

Cyborgs

On the other hand, there’s nothing simplistic about this. Cyborg is the term used to describe someone who is half human and half machine. While half might be an exaggeration; there are people right now with robotic limbs and other body parts. This has helped people who have lost limbs walk again or given someone else back their arm.

How does it help athletes? If you’ve ever watched the Paralympics, you may have seen quite a few people with this type of technology. It allows them to run faster than many other athletes. Some people think there are two Olympic categories because those without a disability have the advantage. But with new tech, Paralympians might be able to run faster than ever before.

Virtual Reality

We’re not too far away from virtual reality being incorporated into training for athletes. It’s already being used by fighter pilots and people in other professions. By doing this, they can practice their job in a safe and controlled environment.

For athletes, virtual reality may help them improve their reaction times. With VR tech, an amateur athlete could learn what it’s like to be in goal when a professional soccer player shoots. Eventually, experiencing this action might bring them up to the same level as these professionals.

Measurements

Finally, using new nanotech and microchips our movements, ability, speed, and endurance can all be tracked. Both professional and amateur athletes are already using this tech on a regular basis. During training, they can track their progress to find out where they have improved.

The data can be transferred to a computer so that it’s easy to read and understand. Although it might sound basic, it’s quite incredible. The tech is able to pick up every aspect of our movement so that we can learn from our actions.