The 12 Biggest Breakthroughs in Sports Technology

The 12 Biggest Breakthroughs in Sports Technology — page 1
1 Motion Capture Looks at Human Movement A scientist places markers on an athlete’s body The markers look like small disks or marbles They mark joints and other key body parts The athlete goes through their motions Special cameras capture their body movements Computer software re creates the athlete as a figure on a screen This is motion capture Scientists called biomechanists study these figures They look for ways athletes can change the ways they move These changes may improve performance They may prevent injury Usually they do both Motion capture started in the late 1800s Étienne-Jules Marey was a French scientist He was also a chronophotographer This is a person who captures movement in still pictures Marey went one step further He captured all the motions 44