Technological Developments in sport
The will to exceed in sport has increased over the years and has reached such a state that even the minor aspects of the game are being inspected and analyzed by the use of technology which is getting the extra edge over competition. In every sport played today, matches are played so close that the human errors by referee's can decide the fate of a match. We take a brief look at some of the most popular sports that have benefited immensely from these technological developments in sport, resulting in increased viewership.
With over a hundred nation's playing in six continents and competitions around the clock, the of football is indisputably the most played and followed game in the globe today, so it makes some sense to talk about the current technological developments in sport being used in a game of such a global appeal. Football is manufactured these day's so that more goals are scored to make matches more tight. Tickets so in the FIFA 2006 world cup were chip based tickets to improve customer service and to ensure that every ticket was unique for this sport. This ensured that every customer gets his or her seat in the stadium. The Allianz-Arena in Munich which hosted some of the games in the World Cup2006 Germany, changed colors from red, blue and white according to the team that played, it makes sense to talk about the current technological developments in sport being employed in the game of sport that has such global appeal.
In the sport of cricket which is more popular among the Asian people has the employment of technological developments in sport, such as snikometer to hear minute sounds coming out from the bat while the ball is played .another advancement is the dartfish which gives us the path or trajectory of the ball even after it is blocked by the batsman. Recently in the India -Sri Lanka test series 2008 , these technological developments in sport were put to test by bringing in the referral system in which each team has three referrals which can be used if in case the team's feel that the decision made by the umpires stand to be questioned. The referral is taken to the TV umpire who analyses the decision and gives a final verdict, in cricket a camera is kept inside the stumps to take close pictures and a sound meter to hear noises.
These are few technologies that have been employed in sports and we can wait for more cutting edge technologies to be employed in the days to come. Hope that use of technologies increases the quality of sports and improves the competition.
