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What do you think should be technology’s main role in modern sport?
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To help athletes perform safely
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To support and enhance performance
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To decide outcomes more accurately
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I don’t agree with any of the options as I think technology shouldn’t be allowed at all. It is technically cheating as it alters everyone’s opinions and outcomes - I did say this in a previous comment but I haven’t mentioned it on the poll yet.
tech does not help cheat. i have seen and heard comments on this topic saying tech causes sports to be unfair. since the 1800s, tech has help to modify sports and make it what it is. for example, in the case of deciding outcomes, technology like VAR in football,eagle eye in tennis among others have helped in making the right and fair decisions in games. where a goal would have been cancelled or offered to the wrong team because of split second errors, tech has allowed us to analyse even the slightest mistakes and take the appropriate measures. it has also improved the safety of sportsmen with the use of heart rate monitors to check stress and prevent burnout, shock absorbing helmets, suits and mouth guards, AI used to foresee circumstances that could lead to injuries so as to prevent them, and so many other things that have helped reduce injury in non contact sports by up to 40% in professional settings. tech has also improved the performance of athletes positively. steroids that were a serious problem before can be traced easily with anti doping labs. tools that monitor the overall well being and performance of an athlete allow for better training programmes and extend the athlete`s career. tech has also been used to create better and more quality products. all in all, tech has revolutionised sports for the better.
I disagree because... making it unfair is still cheating, just a different aspect. and also, if someone can’t tell which team the goal would go to, maybe they’re just bad at their job, and they don’t need help with it. Tech is terrible in sports as it doesn’t help anyone fairly and just counts as cheating.
I disagree because sport can never be fair no matter what. Everyone's bodies and genetics are different and these could help them swim faster, run faster, depending on their feet shape, arm length etc. Some people are born naturally good at sport or naturally a fast runner. So this is why I disagree, sport won't be fair with or without technology.
To help athletes perform safely they should have technology that tells them what’s gonna happen next so they can perform safely and not cheat or not get hurt so that’s why they should add technology that works like that and to support what there doing they should probably give them safety stuff and for outcomes they should make sure that the outcome isn’t them being injured 🤕 here’s an example if someone’s doing gymnastics they need a support mat so they don’t break a bone if they try landing and then failing without a mat they would hit the floor hard but with it they would be fine and wouldn’t be injured so the outcome could be them landing safely after they failed or it could be them hurting themself so they should use a safety mat for sports or other safety stuff for sports that don’t use safety mats this would mostly be better hope you enjoyed reading this kinda long comment this comment is about 936 characters long
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I think the main role of technology in modern sport is to help athletes perform safely because even if it enhances, support or decide outcomes more accurately, we should remember that people's life and physical health might be at stake especially in rough sports e.g car races. The same way a little leak sinks a ship is the same possible way a little injury can take a life, so the role of technology should be to help athletes perform safely and even if an accident is to occur it wont cause much harm.
Why I choose to help athlete to be safe is because some sports are dangerous like fomular 1.Equipment like halo keeps the racer or athlete safe from accident which can lead to wound .Some help to respect rules like VAR which helps the referee
Why I chose to decide outcomes more accurately is because of the VAR technology. Ever since the VAR was adopted it has helped referees see things in matches that the human eye can not be able to capture. In my own point of view I think the major role of technology in sport is to decide more outcomes accurately. For example if in a football match a player is taking the ball towards the post side and another player who is coming to get the ball from his r her opponent hits him and the two of them falls, if the referee did not see who hits who then he now gives the other player who did not do anything a red card, now this is where the VAR gets in because it will help the referee to know whether he made the right decision or not and if he didn't make the right decision he can now correct the mistake. This is what i think technology should be used for , i do not know what other people might say, but if they do not agree it is fine but if they do agree with me it is also fine because the angle or view we see things is not the same way another person might see his or her own, people's reasoning or perspective differs.
GOOD DAY TOPICAL TALK today is versatile_robin from Nigeria I am here to explain the choice I chose on the weekly poll.
I chose that technology should play a main role in modern sport by helping athletes perform safely and to decide outcomes more safely not to support and enhance performance.
sport is a physical activity which plays an important role in our health. Each sport has specific rules whereby every competitor abides and adheres to.
Now,
Technology has played an important role in our lives in many aspects like banking, hospitals (for scanning diagnosis),etc
But we are talking about the sport aspect like improving safety and deciding outcomes more accurately than to enhance someone's performance in sports. When sports is used in the sport aspect to improve performance, it becomes cheating and disobedience to the lay down rules abided by the game thereby bringing out unfair result maybe in competitions, tournaments and friendly match.
But if we use technology in the good aspect for saving lives and bringing out more accurate answers they will be less accidents and complains. I hope you find my thought, beneficial and helpful.
THANKS!!!
Honestly in my own opinion i think more that technology has come to help athletes perform better than their predecessor, the works of technology have made the minds and bodies of athletes ready for the game ahead of them, the use of VR training and body sensors have improved the way athletes train, and endure what their about to face.
In the poll, I chose two options which were to help athletes participate more safely and to decide outcomes more accurately. Firstly, I prefer that technology is able to help athletes participate more safely because no matter what, health is the best wealth. No matter how good or talented or athletic you may be, once you are injured or sick, you become less effective in that area of sport you specialise in. Now that we have access to technology, it will go a long way in helping athletes keep safe while participating in sports. An example is the smart helmets in American football. These helmets help measure the force of head impacts and if the head is hit a little bit too hard, the medical team is alerted immediately. This has gone a long way in helping athletes avoid severe head or brain damages. Secondly, technology should also be used to decide outcomes more accurately to avoid any mistakes while recording marks. There are automated machines that can help check the results. I do not agree with the other option which is enhancing and support performance. In my own opinion, that is cheating because I feel athletics should be based on your own physical talents and skills without any additional help.
the whole point of technology in modern sports should be to boost the performance of the athlete used only in training and to develop his or her current capabilities it should not be used during the event so as to get fair results.
I actually cannot ignore anyone of them since all of them are efficient.
To decide crucial outcomes accurately.
Technology helps us make every game fair to satisfy the fans and audience. For example, in the World cup 2018, Russia decided to use the VAR (Video Assistant Referee) to analyze the referee decisions accurately. This helped the referee to see the players from different angles and take the most precise decision.
To help athletes preform safely.
For sure, physical health is extremely important for any athlete and technology provided us with the best tools. For example, in 2018, the Liverpool player, Virgil Vanik used motion sensors to monitor his movement during training. Fortunately, they alerted Jurgen Klop (the captain of Liverpool) that Virgil increased his training time and he trained a lot and this could cause an injury in his knees. Depending on this data, he started decreasing the training and in fact he succeeded to avoid the injury.
To support and enhance performance.
In 2021, a cyclist called Christian Form used the Digital Twin to improve his performance. He used data from the sensor devices on his body and on the bike to analyze his performance and correct his body position. The result was enhancing his speed by 5% and reducing air resistance.
In the English league, there are many clubs that use all of them combined such as Manchester city. Managers use the GPS tracking technique on their players so that they can track their performance and get alerted if there is any injury, enhance their performances and managers can change their tactics.
I think technology's role in modern sport should be to help athletes perform safely.
I personally believe in safety first and I think that athletes should have tech to help them perform safely because if they get injured they might not be able to participate and that would disappoint millions and could cause tons of pain.
To be honest, this question was a close one for me but like I said, the important thing is that no one gets hurt.
Can you explain a bit more about why you say the question was a close one?
I agree with the first option because some of it could have a heart monitor on it or it could have a reminder stuff on it. It could also use safe stuff to remind them safe for a reason if that person has asthma that technology can remined them to go quick and get the inhaler
Can you share some other examples of how it could ensure athletes are kept safe?
Technology must be used in the three and if you don't agree I will explain for each one.
First, to help athletes preform safely, technology can help stop heal injuries or even know if the player can't complete a race by observing his heartbeats or something. In a marathon a runner might be so desperate to complete the marathon even when he is tired it might end his life, but he doesn't know but technology will so it can save lives in fact I don't think it is an option to use technology here it is a must.
Second, to decide outcomes more accurately, it is already done with the var, and we have seen how good it is because our eyes and brains can trick us and they are not perfect, so I don't think anyone disagree in this point.
Last but not least, to support and enhance performance, in this one it can be used but with limits and the most important one is everyone can use and afford it and if not, it is cheating so that everyone would be equal and the only winner is the one that trained hardly and is skilled.
Which do you consider the most important?
I believe that technology in sports should be used for the safety of athletes because at the end of the day, it's the different athletes from different teams that we support, whether it's rugby, football, or even ice curling. If technology wasn't used for the safety benefit of players, what is the point of even having it? For example, what if there was no technology used to provide procedures for Formula One drivers? It would create a sense of unease and worry for the player as they don't know whether the risk they take to win is so important. Technology can help create safety guidelines for athletes because it is able to calculate the possible risks that could be caused by a sport.
Hi freespirited_weaver, I agree with your comment because I think it's really important to think about all the positive things that technology has done for us in sporting aspects, and how much safer certain sports have become.
For example, imagine how dangerous diving, as a sport, might be if there was no, or very limited, technology involved. I don't think many people would do diving then, just because of the increased risk factor related to a lack of technology.
So, I think that safety and injury prevention are huge positive factors that technology can offer.
I think it should be used to help athletes understand the greatest outcome or if you can get ingured
I think technology's main role in modern sport should be to help athletes perform safely, because health is more important than winning any competition. I don't see the point of being number one if it leaves you in a fragile state. While the thrill of the race is exciting, participants should be able to enjoy the process of training just as much. Personally, I would be devastated to learn that by winning a competition I pushed myself too far. Sure, seeing how far the human body can go with the help of technology is fascinating, but I believe that the risks are too high. Also, it is more impressive to break a record because of your own skills, rather than due to extra help from technology. That being said, technology being used for the well being of athletes could mean them performing for more years. Their career could expand. For example, there are special running shoes that help accommodate people that have had an injury in the past. It helps them not feel any pain back pain or knee pain while sprinting, or afterwards, whereas with normal ones they would have had to stop a lot sooner. Otherwise, they most likely would have felt terrible in the aftermath.
I think sports should be an activity people could join knowing that if something happened and they got injured, they would also have the resources to receive treatment. Even better, they should be getting the reassurance that there are ways of preventing accidents from happening, because it shouldn't be all or nothing.
I just agree with the last one because the human cannot give the outcomes accurately but the technology can give it very accurately
So l think the last one should be the main role of technology in morden sport
I think that technology main role in modern sports Is to help athletes perform safely because people get injured during sports so technology is meant to help prevent/avoid injuries rather than helping to cheat.