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Elite Turf USA Expansion Adds GoodSports USA Facility In NJ
Elite Turf USA continues to expand across America, this time adding three new POWER System™ installations at GoodSports USA. The eco-friendly, woven turf company will returf the multipurpose fields inside the 10 acres facility located in Wall Township, New Jersey with 100% recyclable materials. The Sports Techie community blog is excited about the spring season changing…
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NFL Flag Partners With TeamSnap Sports Management Platform Tech
NFL Flag and TeamSnap signed a technology and sponsorship deal to be the sports management platform for the NFL-licensed property. Kids playing in the official flag football league of the National Football League (NFL) make up the biggest youth flag football organization in America. Around 1,600 leagues and 500,000 kid athletes in all 50 states…
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NBRPA, Sheryl Swoopes Team With Flexion For ZILRETTA Athlete Ambassadors Program
Flexion Therapeutics Inc. (FXLN) partnered with the National Basketball Retired Players Association (NBRPA) earlier this week as a means to let those with osteoarthritis-related knee pain know that ZILRETTA (triamcinolone acetonide extended-release injectable suspension) is available as an increasingly popular treatment option due to its effectiveness for pain management. Sheryl Swoopes is truly a women’s…
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Fantasy Football Strategy: 5 Best Tips to Playing Fantasy Football
Football lovers tend to become game analysts, stat-machines that run the numbers when it comes to their favorite game. However, it’s not just about running the numbers, or about the players the fans are rooting for, or their favorite football team. The third-string running back of the second-best team from another division is also a…
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Big East Conference Esports Joins Electronic Gaming Federation’s EGFC Season 2
The BIG EAST Conference formalized their Division I eSports league standing by joining the Electronic Gaming Federation (EGF) and competing for a National Championship with 39 total DI varsity programs. The 11-member schools are scheduled to play a three-year, multigame season for the first time ever with membership in the official EGF Collegiate (EGFC) league.…
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Influence of Coronavirus Break on the Physical and Mental Condition of Professional Athletes
When the normal flow in sports is interrupted, as is the case during the coronavirus pandemic, the consequences are always big because the continuity in work, as one of the most important things in sports training, is disturbed. The Sports Techie community blog is carefully observing the reopening of professional sport leagues such as the…
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Quality Sports Tech Options For Active Older Adults
Fewer than 35 percent of American adults ages 65 to 74 are physically active, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Exercise is one of the best things we can do for our bodies, especially as we grow older. Muscle loss because of age begins after 30 and is called sarcopenia with men losing…
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The Surprising Ways Art Can Enhance Sports Psychology
The demand for sports psychologists is on the rise as athletes and teams are increasingly aware of the effects of poor mental health on performance and how overcoming a sports injury can be a mental struggle, as well as a physical one. Both art and technology can be helpful tools in sports psychology, particularly when merged together, helping…
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The Wearable Tech That’s Revolutionizing Injury Prevention In Top-Level Athletes
The NBA and other professional sports leagues are increasingly recognizing the advantage of collecting biometric data from their athletes, and this has led executives of Whoop to center themselves as the wearable of choice for professional athletes. Wearable tech delivers a number of advantages to athletes, but for those operating at a professional level, metrics like…
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Recover Athletics Injury Prevention App Designed With Physical Therapists Using AI
Recover Athletics designed an injury prevention app for runners using input and expertise from physical therapists together with customized AI driven recovery and prehab plans to aid with proprietary coaching and workouts as well as health tracking and performance analysis. Two recent Yale graduates founded this Boston-based sports tech startup. They recently launched the recovery…