How sports engineering is helping all of us to live healthier lives
Sports Engineering is a rapidly evolving discipline operating within a growing global sports technology sector, but its impact is wider than you might expect, and certainly not limited to sports stars and elite athletes.
Dr Simon Goodwill is the Head of Research for the School of Sport and Physical Activity at Sheffield Hallam University, and also heads up the world leading Sports Engineering Research Group based here at the Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre. In this new article for The Engineer, Simon discusses recent innovations that have advanced performance, safety and fairness in global sport
From life-protecting mouthguards in rugby and performance-boosting technology in baseball bats, the same instinct and expertise that drives breakthroughs in sports engineering are increasingly being applied to innovations which help all of us to live healthier lives.