COMPUTERS IN SPORTS

HERE ARE THE WAYS IN WHICH

COMPUTERS ARE APPLIED IN
SPORTS
 COMPUTERS HAVE REVOLUTIONIZED THE
SPORTS INDUSTRY IN SO MANY WAYS

• Sports teams and other organizations

use computers to
• Track their scores
• Maintain player records
• Design plus test new equipment's
INSTANT REPLAY AND OTHER HIGH TECH AIDS TO HELP
REFEREES MAKE THE RIGHT CALL IN PROFESSIONAL
SPORTS IN THE US(TOPENDSPORTSNETWORK).
MEDIA PLAYS A CRUCIAL ROLE WITHIN
THE SPORTS WORLD
EDITED CLIPS OF THE BROADCASTING OF THE GAME IS SHOWN THROUGH NEWS CASTS WHICH
GIVES FANS AN OUTLET FOR SPORTS(HIGHFILL).
 Training & Health
The sports world uses computers to advance athlete training, nutrition, and health.
Placement of their height, weight and other body measurements are put into a computer
modeling program which helps trainers gain a competitive advantage in competition.
TEAM PLAYERS, COACHES, PUBLIC ALL
WANT TO KNOW THE PAST PERFORMANCES SO
COMPUTERS ARE USED TO RECORD
STATISTICAL DATA IN DIFFERENT WAYS.
COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY
KEEPS STATISTICS WHICH HAS
A BIG IMPACT WITHIN SPORTS
TO KEEP STAT HEAVY SPORTS
LIKE BASEBALL ON
TRACK(SAWYER).

Baseball statistics examples

 Batting average
 Slugging percentage
 Strikeouts
 Earned run average
 Registered
results
Made the
Collected vital games safer
data and improved
athlete
health

Researchers at top
universities placed
sensors inside the
helmets of high school
and college football
athletes.
Many Players post daily activities and info. Regarding their lives
which allows the fans the ability to monitor events using multiple
outlets such as:

Twitter Facebook

Vine Instagram
 SPORTS VIDEO GAMES
GROW IN POPULARITY.

Madden football franchise and FIFA soccer franchise have

combined for nearly 200 million copies sold alone.

The video game graphics are extremely realistic

Programmers
Programmers
Advanced
Advanced sensors
sensors turn
turn the
the data
data
The realism is are
are attached to
attached collected
captured through actual
to collected byby
actual athletes
athletes advanced
improved which advanced
which tract
tract the
the
technology and athletes computers
computers intointo
athletes
physics accuracy. movement
movement andand games
games that are
that are
collects
collects data.
data. like
like real
real world
world
counterparts.
counterparts.

The Realism and increased popularity of sport videogames has

served as an ambassador for sports and helped them grow in
popularity.
Storing And Watching Video

Computers are used to store and watch videos in

sports. Players watch other players playing styles
from different angles to learn them through
videos.
Safety is a very important aspect in professional sports
today. News stories are often released about football and
hockey athletes having concussions.

Equipment developers used computer to develop safer

equipment. Helmet company Riddell designed a new football
helmet that was able to absorb the constant impact and limit
damage to players. Research goes on to make more and more
better equipment's(Kullar).
 Computers in Scouting
Scouts use computers to put in scouting info. Easily and speed up the
process of evaluating players. For example, a technology called Pocket
Hoops allows a scout to input where a player took a shot and whether
he made the shot on his Pocket PC(Kullar).
 BIO-MECHANICS
Manufacturers have been able to
make better equipment for athletes by
via computerized simulators and
prevented sport related injuries.
PERFORMANCE
ANALYSIS
BIO-MECHANICAL STUDIES ALSO BREAKS DOWN MOTIONS OF ATHLETES AND SO
TO IMPROVE THEIR PERFORMANCE(ADMIN).
 Controlling Scoreboards

There is a large array of computers which updates player stats, out of town
scores, graphic displays, even weather forecasts in real time(Admin).
ONLINE FANTASY LEAGUES FOR FANS
 Telementry

Telemetry delivers cars engine performance,

Computers can provide instant info
acceleration, braking and much more in
on any piece of action in games.
motorsports.
 VITAL DECISIONS
DEVICES SUCH AS THE HAWK-EYE TECHNOLOGY WHICH TRACES
THE PATH OR TRAJECTORY OF MOVING OBJECTS HELP TO
ELIMINATE HUMAN ERROR IN MAKING VITAL DECISIONS(TIKEKAR).
COMPUTERS IN SPORTS

THOSE ARE THE WAYS IN WHICH COMPUTERS

ARE APPLIED IN SPORTS
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