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caring for youth athletes, their mental health
Today, I’m excited to bring back a feature from before the COVID-19 pandemic called Healthy Actions. In the monthly series, which started in 2018, I pick topics of wide interest to educate readers who might not otherwise have access to our area health experts. The series continued in 2019 and a bit of 2020 before the …
Expansion of military bases a signal to China; Australia suspends India flights; Police hunt gunman after shots fired at family home; Tokyo Olympics safe for Australian athletes, top doctor says
Iran’s Navy once again harassed US ships operating in the Persian Gulf, this time coming within 60m of the ships on Monday night, prompting one of the American ships to fire warning shots, according to Commander Rebecca Rebarich, a spokeswoman for the US Navy. Three fast inshore attack craft from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps …
New research finds advanced shoe technology reduces top race times for elite athletes
For elite runners competing in long-distance races, every second counts. So when Nike introduced “advanced shoe technology” in 2017, questions arose about whether the new design would significantly affect performances in professional sports. A new paper published in Frontiers in Sports and Active Living found that the new footwear indeed reduced running times for both …
Babe Ruth League Partners With Binovi Technologies in Order to Provide Sport Vision Training to Its Youth Athletes
TORONTO, ON / ACCESSWIRE / December 9, 2020 / Binovi Technologies Corp. (Binovi) (TSXV:VISN)(OTCQB:BNVIF)(FRA:2EYA) is proud to announce a partnership with the Babe Ruth League, one of the largest youth baseball and softball organizations in the United States, serving more than 1,000,000 players in over 11,000 leagues across the country. Through the partnership, Binovi becomes …
How are student athletes dealing with the pandemic
OHIO, USA — Technology has been vital during this time as we work from home and stay connected with loved ones. But it’s also how coaches have kept in contact with their athletes. Skype, Zoom, and Facetime, all being used now more than ever as we try to keep life as normal as we can. …
Clubhouse Chronicles: AVSC core values and what technology can’t teach us
Hey Siri, what is teamwork? Alexa, what is commitment? OK Google, what is integrity? Simply put, these are AVSC’s core values, but they’re not merely simple values to understand and practice. As the idea of Moore’s Law (the notion that computer processing power doubles roughly every two years) integrates its way into all aspects of …
Motion Capture Technology Helps Athletes – NBC Chicago
Baseball is Connor Riley’s love and passion, and since he’s a minor league pitcher in the Los Angeles Angels organization, it’s also his job. So when the Aurora-native’s right shoulder was slow to recover after surgery in May of 2018, he felt demoralized. “I felt like I was a bug caught in a spiders web,” …
Athletes to watch in the World Para Track and Field Championships – OlympicTalk
World championships and Paralympic berths will be at stake Nov. 7-15 at the World Para Track and Field Championships in Dubai. The top four athletes in each event will win Paralympic qualification berths for their countries, with the exception that no athlete may earn a spot in more than one event. Athletes are split into …
Team GB developing technology to help athletes and coaches adapt to Japan in build-up to Tokyo 2020
Team GB are helping to develop ground-breaking new immersive technology to adapt athletes and coaches to Japan before they even arrive for next summer’s Olympics Games. With the first athletes who will represent Great Britain next year formally confirmed on Tuesday, the planners at Team GB have also been working on a range of initiatives …