The Engineering of Sport 6

Innovation.- Synopsis of Current Developments: Innovation.- Custom-Fit: Quality of Life of European Sporting Public through Custom-Fit Products.- VeloVent — An Inner City Traffic System for Active People.- Approach of a Model for the Interaction Between Athlete, Sports Equipment and Environment.- Strategy Deployment of High-Technology Companies Entering the Consumer Sports Electronic Market.- From Innovation to Firm Formation: Contributions by Sports Enthusiasts to the Windsurfing, Snowboarding & Skateboarding Industries.- Some Problems of Pareto-Optimisation in Sports Engineering.- Life Cycle Assessment and Evaluation of Environmental Impact of Sports Equipment.- Sports Engineering and Sustainability.- Design.- Synopsis of Current Developments: Design.- The Use of System Analysis and Design Methodology in the Development of a Novel Cricket Bowling System.- Degradation of Tennis Balls and their Recovery.- Development of a Highly Adjustable Cushioned Treadmill.- A New Piece of Equipment for Skiing and Fitness — A Comparison with Existing Models.- A Fresh Approach to Sports Equipment Design: Evolving Hockey Sticks Using Genetic Algorithms.- Development of a New Nordic Walking Equipment and a New Sporting Technique.- Materials.- Synopsis of Current Developments: Materials.- Recent Advances in Understanding the Behavior of Shockpads for Outdoor Synthetic Sports Pitches.- The Effect of Pressure on Friction of Steel and Ice and Implementation to Bobsleigh Runners.- Prediction of the Flexural Modulus of Fibre Reinforced Thermoplastics for use as Kayak Paddle Blades.- Sandvik Nanoflex® — Designed for Ultimate Performance.- Manufacturing of Bobsled Runners.- Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastics — Trendsetting Material for High Performance Racing Bike Chassis.- Development of Equipment to Compare Novel Ice Skate Blade Materials.- Safety.- Synopsis of Current Developments: Safety.- Safe Use and Redesign of Hydrostatic Weighing Equipment.- Effects of the Mechanical Properties of the Shell and Liner on the Shock Absorption of Helmets.- Simulation of Puck Flight to Improve Safety in Ice Hockey Arenas.- Dynamic Wrist Joint Protector for Sports Applications.- Do Helmets Reduce Fatalities or Merely Alter the Patterns of Death?.- Computer Applications in Sports.- Synopsis of Current Developments: Computer Application in Sports.- Development and Integration of a Novel Cricket Bowling System.- Creating the SMART system—A Database for Sports Movement.- Computer Application in Sports.- Ubiquitous Fitness Support Starts in Everyday’s Context.- Application of Different Computerized Methods for Modelling the Training-Performance Relationship.- Computer-Supported Training (CST) — Integrating Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for Outdoor Training.- Potentials of Information Technologies for Innovation in Fitness Equipment — A Case Study.- Computer Support for Coaching and Scouting in Football.- The Effects of Multimedia Computer-Assisted Instruction on Middle School Students’ Volleyball Performance.- Human Factors.- Synopsis of Current Developments: Human Factors.- Human Movement as a Culturally Shaped Act.- Understanding Human Perception of Field Hockey Stick Performance.- Strategies for Bank Shots and Direct Shots in Basketball.- Optimising Sweeping Techniques for Olympic Curlers.- An Initial Investigation of Human-Natural Turf Interaction in the Laboratory.- Analysis of Game Creativity Development by Means of Continuously Learning Neural Networks.- Influence of Sports Equipments on Human Arm.- Using Sport to Educate and Enthuse Young People About Engineering and the Physical Sciences.- Movement, Health and Quality of Life for Senior Citizens — Prerequisites, Approaches, Concepts.- Performance Sports.- Synopsis of Current Developments: Performance Sports.- The Application of Inertial Sensors in Elite Sports Monitoring.- Requirements and Solution Concepts for the Development of Sport-Specific Measuring Units in High Performance Sports.- Analysis of Fulcrum Skate Performance.- The Klap-Trap: A Device to Monitor Dynamics of the Klap Mechanism in Speed Skating.- Golf Club Development.- Synopsis of Current Developments: Golf Club Development.- Optimum Design and Validation of a Graphite Golf Shaft Based on Dynamics of Swing.- Modelling Vibration Frequency and Stiffness Variations in Welded Ti-Based Alloy Golf Driver Heads.- Optimal Adjustment of Composite-Material Club Shaft Characteristics.- Factors Determining Backspin from Golf Wedges.- Player Fitting of Golf Equipment Using a Calibration Club.- Evaluation of Long and Short Shafts of Golf Club by Real Swing.- Iron Golf Club Striking Characteristics for Male Elite Golfers.- A Golf Swing Robot Emulating Golfers Considering Dynamic Interactions Between Arms and Clubs.- Outdoor Sports.- Synopsis of Current Developments: Outdoor Sports.- Influence of a New Backpack Design on Kinematics and Dynamics of Walking.- Study of the Loss of Thermal Properties of Mountain Boots in an Expedition to Mount Everest.- The Role of Engineering in Fatigue Reduction.- Shoes & Apparel.- Synopsis of Current Developments: Shoes and Apparel.- Intermittent Pneumatic Compression Technology for Sports Recovery.- A New Protocol for Testing the Tensile Strength of Rugby Garments — A Preliminary Study.- Modelling Traction of Studded Footwear on Sports Surfaces using Neural Networks.- The use of Stereoscopy and High-Speed Video for the Measurement of Quasi-Static and Dynamic Shoe Loading Scenarios.- Benchmarking Stiffness of Current Sprint Spikes and Concept Selective Laser Sintered Nylon Outsoles.- Relationship Between Shoe Dimensions, Ground Reaction Forces and Perception of Stability During Locomotion.- Mechanical Properties of Orthopaedic Insoles under Cyclic Loads and Correlation with Daily Use.