Sports Technology Podcast

In this episode, we speak with Ben Lindsay, co-founder of Solushin. He has developed, validated and commercialized a device to expedite the healing time of shin splints.

In this episode, we speak with Mari Thomas, creator and founder of Maaree, a sportswear company known for its award-winning sports bra. Mari tells the story, from start to present, of wishing and knowing a product can be better, through to selling what she has developed around the world! Her site is www.maaree.com. Enjoy!

In this episode, we speak with Elliot Welland, the managing director of Ashmei. Ashmei develops and sells high performance cycling and running apparel using merino wool. We talk about product development and performance, as well as the business aspects of operating a small sports brand.

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Chris Peploe joins as guest host from Loughborough University Sports Technology Institute as we speak with Richard Welch from PitchVision, a system for quantifying cricket balls bowled and hit.

Henry gave a lecture to IEEE at Loughborough University, and the visuals are here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcUy7SYpAao

Mike gives a talk titled "The Printed Athlete: How 3D Printing Is Changing the Face of Sports". http://www.sloansportsconference.com/?p=10173

We speak with Dr. Carolyn Steele, an engineer at Bauer Hockey.

Patrick Streeter is co-founder and CEO of Volatile Padding Technologies, and has created a material called d-Cel(tm) that offers protection in both high-force and low-force impacts.

Professor emeritus of nuclear physics Alan Nathan tells us about some his favorite findings in his extensive research in baseball.

Brock Laschwski talks about his work with the Canadian Sport Institute, specifically rowing and oar mechanics. 5 March 2014.

James Jones is a PhD student at Loughborough (at time of recording, currently Dr. Jones. We speak with James about rugby and tech for games and training. 16 September 2011.

Ash tells about RestWise, a product designed to assist athletes in deterring the appropriate training intensities.

Brooks Clemens works in the analytics and business side of adidas, and we talk about how technology is managed throughout the organization.

Becky Canvin started a blog community for analyzing sports-related articles, and we talk about the current article - chocolate milk! 11 February 2012.

Bob Roble created the "Sports Techie" online community, and has a finger on the pulse of the sports tech industry. 13 January 2012.

Brian Levenson gives us the psychology side of sports. He works with teams and individuals from kids to professionals.

Bryant has extensive experience in starting and growing sport technology-related companies. We talk about new trends in the industry.

Jodi Richardson did a PhD on skeletal muscle physiology, and uses her extensive background in sport science to explain some of the cool things going on in elite sport to the general public. 21 January 2012.

Gave researches and develops equipment for alternatively-abled athletes as a post-doctoral research associate at the Sports Tech Institute at Loughborough University. 30 December 2011.

We speak with Greg Williams about baseball equipment. He studied aerospace engineering at MIT and was involved with the sports research group. 4 February 2012.

Warren Brennen founded BBG Sports and invented Hot Spot, a technology that uses IR images to aid official calls in baseball in cricket. 22 November 2011.

Jason Anson is a sports technologist, and has developed software for monitoring training. 4 November 2011.

Jason Greenberg is the marketing, communications and events manager for Baseball Softball UK. 23 September 2011.

Kin Lo has served as head of R&D for the PGA tour, and knows golf technology well. We speak about ShotLink, the system used by the Tour to capture and organize information from each stroke. 19 March 2012.

William Mao and D'arcy McConvey are from the Sports Business club of the London Business School. We calk about the changing business side of sport. 11 March 2012.

Liam Kilmartin is a lecturer in electrical and electronic engineering at the National University of Ireland. We talk about goal line technologies and their implementation. 21 May 2012.

Phil Hartfield is a PhD research student in the Sports Tech Institute (at time of recording). He worked with the GB Rowing Team, and tells us how technology has changed rowing. 15 July 2013.

Ross Weir is director of Progressive Sports (at time of recording). We speak about the RespiBelt, a device designed to load the breathing muscles and exercise the diaphragm. 7 May 2012.

Sarah Rudd is VP of software development and analytics at StatDNA (@StatDNA), and she tells us how she combined programming/processing skills with extra-curricular interests in soccer to arrive at sport analytics. 3 March 2012.

Tom Allen is a lecturer in engineering design at Sheffield Hallam m University, and is also involved with the International Sports Engineering Association. 14 January 2014.

Natalie Hammond and Sarah Collinson work with the British Organizations Youth Sport Trust and Youth Sport Direct, which promote physical education and sports programs in schools. 29 October 2011.

Tariq Ahmad (@tariq_ahmad) is the co-founder of SportShadow, a website that collects and displays information about 'check-ins' in sport stadia around the world. 29 January 2012.

Damien Hawes is international sales manager for GPSports, a company that creates systems to collect data from athletes for analyzing individual and team performance. 29 May 2014

Olivier Munger is president and CTO of Quattriuum, who has recently released a new piece of tracking tech for ice hockey. 20 April 2014.

Tom Waller is head of Speedo's Aqualab (in 2011), and we speak about the virtual and physical testing they employ to push technology and keep within regulations. 29 November 2011.

Jordan Rapp is an elite pro triathlete with a degree in engineering and a deep appreciation for and understanding of the equipment he uses. We talk about how he works with engineers to improve his gear. 13 April 2013.

Sian Slawson from the Loughborough University Sports Technology Institute tells us about her undergrad and PhD in sports tech and her recent work with British Swimming. 22 June 2012.

Gihan Amarasiriwardena is a co-founder of Ministry of Supply, an innovative company that creates smart business attire using science and tech from sports and aerospace research. 30 July 2012.

Vin McCaffrey from Game Theory Group International, which aims to help student athletes manage the high demands during their education, and they try to connect graduates with companies looking for qualities often found in student athletes. 24 October 2013.

CEO Huub Valkenburg and designer Dan Richards of the Finnish company Karhu talk about re-inventing the running brand while keeping the original core principles intact. 31 August 2012.

Peter Mackness (@petermackness) works at ThrillCapital, a crowd-sourced funding body for sport and entertainment. 3 February 2013.

Mark Henderson leads the Future engineering team at the adidas headquarters in Portland. We speak about his beginnings in the field and some of his projects while at Adidas. 15 August 2012.

Jeff Beckham writes for ESPN and Wired about science in sport and he tells us about some of his favorite stories - the 'moneyball' approach to basketball, and Sara Reinertsen, the first woman with a prosthetic leg to try, and first to compete the Kona Ironman. 7 October 2013.

Mounir Zok is the Senior Sports Technologist for the US Olympic Committee, and we talk about how technology is implemented to tie together the huge US Olympic Team and keep the athletes performing at their peak. 27 July 2013.

Nick White specializes in sports business law, working with governing bodies, teams and athletes.

John Needham of Newton Running talks about the Newton shoe philosophy and growing trends in minimalist footwear. 14 December 2012.

Steve Otto is director of research for the R&A, golf's governing body. He stresses the importance of maintaining the balance between technological advancement and preservation of the game. 16 February 2014.

Jessica Leitch is the creator of a physiotherapy and injury prevention service for runners called Run3d. The company uses 3D gait analysis to provide specific and evidence-based recommendations to help resolve injury. 5 August 2013.

Ryan McGinnis is a PhD student at the University of Michigan (in 2012). We met Ryan at the ISEA conference in 2012, where he presented some of his work developing systems of accelerometers in baseballs. 17 October 2012.

Jamie and Gus are from Stryd, a company that produces power sensors for runners. 6 April 2015.