Tech of Sports - Sports and Technology Integration

The Georgetown Sports Analysis Business and Research Group is a student organization at Georgetown University whose goals are to develop interest and awareness of the sports industry, to educate students about career, internship and education opportunities related to sports, and to engage in sports research. We aim to achieve these goals through attending relevant conferences, writing blog posts, giving informational presentations, hosting guest speakers and working with Georgetown’s varsity athletic teams perspective.

We are going to start 2014 out with a bang as we welcome John Brubaker or Coach Bru back to The Tech of Sports to talk about what he has going on, his latest book, and the hot topics in sports. John Brubaker is a nationally renowned performance consultant, speaker and award-winning author. John teaches audiences how to obtain better results in business with straightforward tools that turbo charge performance. Using a multidisciplinary approach, “Coach Bru” helps organizations and individuals develop their competitive edge.

2013 was a huge year for technology innovation in and out of the world of sports. This is the last “Tech of Sports” of 2013, and that means it’s time to look at some of my favorites of the year. The Tech of Sports went around the world of sports in 2013 covering everything from books to golf equipment to sports blogging and new innovations. Steve joins me tonight for a little pow wow to wrap up the year and talk about some gadgets.

ShotTracker – affordable, wearable tech for basketball players – with founder Davyeon Ross. He shares more about the tech and how they’re helping shooters improve their game through data. Here’s some more detail: From Moneyball and sabermetrics, to amateur athletes relying on Nike+, RunKeeper and a host of other fitness-tracking apps, the sports world knows data is the key to improvement. While fitness apps have thus far focused on running and cycling, now basketball players can embrace data to improve their game with ShotTracker. Consisting of a wrist device, net sensor and app, ShotTracker automatically tracks users shot attempts, makes and misses. It also includes structured workouts to keep players focused, as well as leaderboards.

Rick this week is joined by Chris Majer, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of The Human Potential Project, who is the author of “The Power to Transform: Passion, Power, and Purpose in Daily Life” (Rodale), which teaches the strategies corporate, military, and sports leaders have used to positively transform themselves and their organizations in a way readers can adept to their own lives and professions,Chris talks about sports, technology, leadership and where out society is headed.

Author John O’Hern. When not writing, teaching golf lessons at the local golf course or sneaking out for a quick nine holes, John is a regular on the local Storytelling circuit, using his natural comedic gifts to entertain. John has lived with his wife and children in Connecticut for twenty years.

The good, the bad, and the ugly side of social media, especially when it comes to sports. Mike Muhney has enjoyed a varied, passionate and uniquely successful career in the high-tech industry. Born and raised in Chicago and graduating from the University of Illinois with a degree in Finance, with Honors, Mike began his career with IBM in 1975 and was professionally trained in their intensive full-time 6-month-long internal Sales School. He was ranked 6th out of his national class of 66 students, after which he sold mainframes and software solutions and achieved numerous Hundred Percent Clubs, IBM’s most successful sales fraternity.

Dave Gottfeld founder and President of Spark Motion, quickly realized that traditional schools were not designed for visual tactile learners like him. In recognizing that clients and patients really want to be successful, Dave started collaborating with others, the soon to be Spark Motion co-founders, to address issues of how people interpret information. The solution eventually evolved into a motion analysis app and company originally called Kinesio Capture, but today is known as Spark Motion. Dave is an injury prevention and post rehab specialist that has worked with athletes and clients for nearly 20 years.

Runners across the country are always searching for the perfect water bottle to stay hydrated — and Flexr Sports has the answer. Their BPA-free sports water bottle with the first disposable and fully biodegradable liner so it is fresh and clean every time you use it. Flexr Sports is a great way to stay hydrated while helping to protect the environment, and they look good. Flexr has runners, hikers, swimmers and cyclists in mind. and the bottle comes in 6 different colors.

Rick hosted a telephone conversation with Carson Beebe Bantamweight Fighter. Carson Beebe has been wrestling since the age of 4, eventually earning a scholarship to compete at Purdue University. The younger brother of former WEC bantamweight champion Chase Beebe, Carson made his World Series of Fighting debut in June, where he earned a hard-fought decision win over Joe Murphy.

Kyle Davenport is the Protect Your Bubble’s Product Manager (he was also at the Player’s Party and actually played in the Pro-Am). Protect Your Bubble is part of a Fortune 500, global insurance company so they have the dependability you’re looking for when it comes to your insurance. What sets them apart from the other guys is that they don’t offer home-owners insurance or life insurance, we do offer social life insurance.

Keith Hatfield and he designed the Hatfield Strap. He was an athletic trainer for the Kansas City Royals. He designed an athletic stretching strap athletes are using to stretch. It’s also designed for people with plantar faciitis. Could be a perfect thing for Albert Pujols.

There were a large number of tech announcements this week and some of them impact the world of sports. Rick also spent the last three days at FarmLinks in Alabama. FarmLinks is part of Pursell Farms, and it is a research and demonstration golf course.

Athletes across the world are taping up—a movement that exploded during the 2012 London Olympics and video of international stars like Serena Williams and David Beckham wearing various forms of tape. People worldwide are trained in various forms of taping including Ryan Kendrick, founder of Dynamic Tape and a Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist IMS Practitioner whose mission is to reduce the load of the tendons during athletic performance.

Rick is joined by Terry Koehler of SCOR Golf to talk about wedges and specifically SCOR Wedges. Golf Magazine just called SCOR the “highest rated wedges tested for 2013.” Their SCORFit system is the most comprehensive (and first) custom wedge fitting experience in golf.