Technology today is not only about electronic gadgets. While sports are considered a good market, many companies spend their budget to research a better way to implement new technologies in sports. Tennis for example, it is a lucrative business for companies to improve the athletes performance by incorporating new technologies to tennis attires and racquets.
The common researches done in tennis is to enhance the quality of racquet and tennis strings. Many materials have been used for strings like multifilament to avoid the slide during playing. In addition, it flexibility could reduce the impact of the ball to make it more arm friendly to the athlete. If a player need more durable type of string, he could choose string that consist of an impeccable blend of Poly-ether-ether, aluminum fiber, and fluorofibre. This type of combinations will give more power to the ball impact.
The research does not stop in the racquet strings, but also go further into the tennis attires.Tennis shirt has been designed so that the sweat is easily dried. Such technology called “ClimaCool” could help athletes to feel cool and dry even after long hours of playing. The measurements of each parts of tennis polo shirt has been studied to support the movement of players in the game. Some even designed such that it could support the muscle to avoid muscle injury.
In women division, tennis skirt or sometime called as tennis skortz is designed to make women feel comfortable all trough out the game.Such technology like “ClimaCool” and build in nylon under shorts will ensure the women could move freely. Aside from implementing technologies, vendor would integrate those with new fashion available in the market.Additional color combination and design would ensure that the attires are stand out as compared to normal tennis attire. This is one of the importance factors as well for the athletes especially when the play in big competition. Combining fashion and technologies are the challenge for company to innovate better products in sports.
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Hi, I totally agree that technology innovations are key to evolving the world of sports. There are many iterations.
One is in winter sports gear: http://share-sports.3ds.com/2008/03/25/snow-bunnies-catch-bigger-buzzes-with-sports-equipment-innovations/
Another in sports for the disabled: http://share-sports.3ds.com/2008/03/10/making-sports-more-accessible-to-disabled-athletes/
I’m not a tennis buff, but it was interesting to learn about the racket strings.