It’s no longer a question of if you should use tech to evaluate sports performance; rather, it’s which tech should be used. The Sports Innovation Lab (SIL) is trying to help clients answer that question with the launch of its online evaluation tool, Scout. Using a panel of advisors, customers and academics, Scout created a rankings for the Athlete […]
IMeasureU has been acquired by motion capture technology company Vicon, it was announced Tuesday. Aukland, New Zealand-based IMeasureU includes a business line — IMU-Step — focused on the elite sports market in assisting with the rehabilitation of injured players. By attaching IMU sensors to the players, coaches and sports scientists can track strain throughout the […]
Detecting a concussion is a tricky process. For years players in different sports, namely football, have found ways to side step protocol only to make it back on the field. The NFL specifically has seen issues with its protocol, even with sideline physicians and spotters to identify players that should be removed from play and […]
NEW YORK — In an unassuming white house sandwiched between a row of strip malls in Staten Island, a 2,000-foot state-of-the-art facility is churning elite athletes into powerhouse pros. Four weeks after flattening Diego Sanchez in 98 seconds, professional UFC fighter Al Iaquinta is back to his regular regimen at the NY Sports Science […]
You could say DeAndre Yedlin is proud to be from Seattle. Yedlin, a defender for the U.S. men’s national soccer team, recently invested in Seattle-based Volt Athletics, a platform for professional-level strength and conditioning. Yedlin currently plays for Newcastle United and has had previous stints with the Seattle Sounders and Tottenham Hotspur. But when he’s […]
