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  • The Sports Techie TikTok Challenge Is To Suspend Use or Delete App In Support Of Taiwan China

    The fact is the TikTok short-from video web site and app are Chinese owned meaning all users, advertisers and governments alike have zero idea what that means regarding personal and institutional data because of the recent and now in effect, regulations of social media algorithms by the Communist Party. Facebook and Google are quickly going…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Amazing Technology Supporting Disabled People in Sport

    The Sports Techie community blog champions the use of sports tech for the disabled athlete worldwide. I am not keen on using the term ‘disability’ or ‘handicapped’ and neither are England Athletics. Instead, there are more respectful and understanding words and terms to use. Accessibility for disabled sports people has improved considerably thanks to the invention…

  • It Takes a Village to Raise Great Athletic Prodigies

    It Takes a Village to Raise Great Athletic Prodigies Everyone loves watching sports – that is just a worldwide fact. One way or another, we are a fan of the athleticism shown in any given sport. It can be basketball, volleyball, football, any sport! Sometimes we are not necessarily a fan of the sport to…

  • The Best Cycling Gear of 2018

    As  summer  comes  into  full  swing,  cyclists  everywhere  are  putting  away  their  indoor  bikes  and  hitting  the  open  roads  (or  trails).  The Sports Techie community blog has a wide ranch of bike riders with some enjoying the latest and greatest sports tech driven cycling products while others go low tech and ride with one gear…

  • Improve Athletic Performance with Better (and More) Sleep

    Sleep Like A World Sports Champion Hours spent in the weight room, interval training, speed training, and a well-balanced diet all affect athletic performance. But, there’s one common factor that’s often forgotten – sleep. When you consider the strain that an athlete’s body undergoes during a competition, it should come as no surprise that adequate…

  • Why is Golf the Sportsman’s Sport?

    Why is Golf the Sportsman’s Sport? How many times have you seen pictures and/or videos of top sportsmen and women of other sports on the golf course? Be it Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton, England and Tottenham Hotspur soccer star Harry Kane or five-time Super Bowl-winning quarterback Tom Brady, it seems that golf truly…

  • The Future of Sports with Essential Gadget Tech

    The Future of Sports with Essential Gadget Tech Sports and technology are a wonderful fit; add in gadgets and you have an exploding industry for the masses, young and old alike. I was at International CES 2018 last week, the world’s best electronic show in Las Vegas on behalf of Panasonic USA that provided me…

  • Panasonic USA, Sharing The Passion For Sports Tech With The Olympics, Paralympics And USOC

    Panasonic USA, Sharing The Passion For Sports Tech With The Olympics And USOC PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics begins February 9 and Panasonic is ‘Sharing The Passion’ and the spirit of sport athletes with people around the world while connecting people who are passionate about sports and the Olympic Games through advanced technology. The values Panasonic…