Measuring behavior in sport and exercise
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EDITORIAL
Measuring behavior in sport and exercise Tom Allen1 · Robyn Grant2 · Stefan Mohr3 · Jonathan Shepherd4,5 Accepted: 9 November 2020 / Published online: 25 November 2020 © International Sports Engineering Association 2020
Whether it is how equipment interacts with the human body, or how a player perceives equipment, sports equipment development is ultimately linked to the measurement of human behavior. Indeed, measuring behavior is key to sports equipment design and uptake. Measuring behavior is different from the mature discipline of sports biomechanics, since it focuses specifically on the methodological development of measurement techniques, with a close alignment to engineering and technology. As well as being methods based, measuring behavior has a broad scope, including physiological, psychological or movement measurement systems, all of which are pertinent to the field of sports engineering. Subsequently, when we hosted the 11th International Conference of Measuring Behavior, in June 2018 at Manchester Metropolitan University, sport was included as one of the main themes for the conference for the first time. This theme was the focus of the final day of the conference, which started with a keynote lecture on the classification of swimmers with physical impairments, followed by two sessions on sport. These sessions were on: (1) Measuring behavior in elite sport and (2) Monitoring and encouraging participation in sport and physical activity (see Conference Proceedings [1]). Following these sessions, the conference concluded with a visit to the National Cycling Centre in Manchester, hosted by British Cycling. These activities were funded by an Engaging Sports Engineering Grant from the ISEA (International Sports Engineering Association). * Tom Allen [email protected] 1
Department of Engineering, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, United Kingdom
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Department of Natural Sciences, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, United Kingdom
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HEAD Sport GmbH, Wuhrkopfweg 1, 6921 Kennelbach, Austria
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Ping, Inc, 2201 W. Desert Cove, Phoenix, Arizona, United States
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Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia
Following on from the success of Measuring Behavior 2018 and in response to the high level of research in this area, we released a call for papers for this Topical Collection on Measuring Behavior in Sport and Exercise. The intention of the call was to capture work presented at Measuring Behavior 2018 as well as other studies on the broad theme of measuring behavior for sport and exercise. The collection includes nine articles on topics ranging from flow visualisation around swimmers to virtual reality training for karate athletes. Three of the articles include work presented at Measuring Behavior 2018, and these focus on measuring: (1) racewalking movement patterns, (2) wrist joint angles in boxing and (3) emotions during ziplining. This editorial summarises the topical collection and presents our thoughts on the future of behavioral measurement in sport and exercise
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