Technology In Sports-Part 3

Snickometer In Cricket

This technique was created by Alan Plaskett, this helps to make empires to make the right decision, if the batsman is out or not. A very high sensitive microphone is kept near the stumps, and is connected to the oscilloscope that measures the sound waves when the ball touches the bat. Whenever the ball touches the bat the oscilloscope gives a big wave (of sound). When the oscilloscope wave is played with the slow motion shot. The decision gets very easy for the umpire.

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Hawk-Eye Technology in Cricket

 Hawk-eye is the name of a computer and camera system which traces a ball's trajectory. It is being used in international cricket and tennis, and many other sports are also looking at making use of this technology. The system is also being trialled in soccer as part of the goal line assessment. The Premier League of Football in the UK has agreed to the introduction of goal-line sensors after being given approval by football's rule-makers. The system being developed by the UK company Hawk-Eye, would give a definitive decision on whether the ball had crossed the line. The Hawk Eye uses a camera taking 600 frames a second on the goal-line, with the information is analyzed by computer and sent to the referee's headset or a device on his wrist.

Technology In Sports-Part 1

Recently, a famous company that makes racing tires claimed that it has developed a new range of tires that are more resistant to heat and pressure of the F1 cars. Such is the need of technology in this day and age. Without technology, most of the obvious things in life would not have been available now-a-days. How can sports be unaffected to technology then? This article will discuss how technology is so widely used in sports

Assisting the Umpires / Referees 

 Most professional sports in the United States have long used instant replay and other high-tech aids to help referees make the right call. Gridiron has used video replay systems to check referees' calls for many years. Basketball referees use replay systems to make sure players are shooting within the time allotted by the shot clock. In international cricket, the third umpire has been used, one sitting off the ground with access to TV replays of certain situations (such as disputed catches and boundaries) to advise the central umpires. The umpires out on the field are in communication via wireless technology with the other umpire. The third umpire is also asked to adjudicate on run out decisions, which he makes without consultation with the two central umpires. One sport that has resisted the use of high-tech assistance is soccer/football. Replays could be used to decide off-side decisions, whether a ball passes over the goal line, and clarify penalty decisions.

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Goal Ref system in Football 

 The Goal Ref goal detection system has been developed by the company Fraunhofer IIS. This system is a radio-based system, which uses low-frequency magnetic fields to determine whether or not the whole ball has passed over the goal line. There are two magnetic fields - one in the goal area (using coils attached to the goal), the other is created in and around the ball (using a passive electronic circuit embedded in the ball). The data is processed then transmitted wirelessly to the referee’s wristwatch, and a message is displayed in real time, in addition to a vibrating alert.

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Hawkeye system in Football

 The system by the UK company Hawk-Eye has had very successful trials and is the front runner out of the systems in development. Hawke-Eye has already been used to make calls in tennis and in cricket. The Football version has been extensively trailed and has performed very well in the test environment. The Hawke Eye system uses three cameras focused on each goal-line, and each taking footage at 600 frames a second. Hawk-Eye is able to give a definitive decision on whether the ball has fully crossed the line, and relay this information in the form of an audible beep to the central referee within half a second. As the Premier League referees use headsets, the signal is easily sent to them. In other leagues, other methods such as through a watch can be used.

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Dartfish in Cricket

This is used by coaches of team to analyze a player’s performance, statistics etc. This not only shows the player’s live footage but also compares to the player’s last match. This sophisticated system breaks the recorded footage into frame-by- frame sequences to analyze the player’s action.

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Smart Ball system 

 A promising prospect has been a "smartball" loaded with a sensor suspended inside, jointly developed by German companies Cairos Technologies and Adidas athletic clothing and shoe company. The companies' technology uses a network of receivers around the field designed to track the ball's precise position in real time - including exactly when it has fully passed the goal line. That information would be relayed in less than a second to a watch-like device worn by the referee.

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Tech in Formula 1 

Before the game starts you are made familiar with the team’s standings, the car, and the no. of ‘G’s’ that are felt by the drives while taking a sharp turn. The game is continuously monitored by both the team, and second-by-second decisions are given to the racer by the team.

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Car Design in F1 

A “normal” F1 car can accelerate to astounding 100 kmph in just 4 secs., and it is said that the driver experiences 4 times of the car’s body weight while making a turn. To handle this heaviness the car’s engine has to be very powerful, if not the car can topple up while making a turn, and sometimes it does. So the car and the engine have to be made according to all this, so that the car remains stable at all times and offers a least amount of resistance. All this is made possible by a high powered workstations, which analyses everything on the computer itself and there is no need to make the car physically and then test it.

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Steering Wheel of an F1 Car

The steering wheel of the F1 car is fitted with all sorts of buttons, these are used to adjust everything from fuel, air, gears, and believe this there is a button that provides fluids to the driver from under the helmet via a pipe. A display on the steering wheel provides the standings live, this also provides the personal lap times, average speed.

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