Brazilians use technology in sport to improve performance … – R7

Expectation is that the devices help athletes and the country in the medals table

The Paralympic Games Rio 2016 are approaching, and athletes Brazil’s plan to make beautiful the dispute at home. For this, some of them rely on the help of technology to improve their performance

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Jenifer Martins, sprinter and jumper that guaranteed spot in the Games, is one of the athletes who perfected their brands using devices like the ’1Jump’ and ’1Speed’, the São Paulo company One Sports. The paratleta account with the aid of guideposts physical trainers, as Inaldo Freire, physiologist Sport Recife, club using the same utensils with your players.

“When we close partnership with One Sports to supply these devices we had to realize that it would be overall improvement for athletes. Put technology in training is a differential in Brazil, but very common outside. That is, we can improve our performance already for this Olympics, “explained Inaldo

1Jump is a jump of parallel bars platform with a system for evaluation of power and muscle fatigue monitoring eight variables:. Times flight and contact, height, power and frequency jump, middle and end speed and fatigue index. The 1Speed ​​is a system of photocells connected to a mobile application of high precision timing time and measures speed and agility. It monitors eight other performance variables, such as partial and full time, part-speeds, end, average and maximum fatigue index and drop shot speed (QVT).

Jenifer, who won two golds in circuit Athletics Paralimpico Brazil Caixa in Sao Paulo, in the tests of 100 meters and the long jump (T38 class), felt the results of the use of technology. In the state competition, she jumped 4.72 and reached the second largest brand in the world, behind only Margarita Goncharova, Russia, with 5,22m. The paratleta extolled the importance of the devices.

“With the proximity of the start of the Games, the trainings are more focused on adjusting the details for evidence. These devices help the coach to know what we need to improve the physical appearance and which muscles need to get less load in training, “he said