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The Sports Tech Research Podcast provides you with the latest insights coming from academic and non-academic experts working at universities, innovation centers, business schools, companies, startups, federations, etc. We mainly talk about research related expertise and centers, multi-disciplinary collaborations, licensing and spin-offs, validation research or implementation of technologies within sports & society. Tune in to learn from the most innovative academic and industry professionals ...
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In this episode, we are joined by a true pioneer in the world of sports and movement training, Jo Shattuck from PantherTec. Jo is knowledgeable in the brain-behavior relationship of motor learning and developed a ‘Kinesthetic Awareness Training’ system. Kristof and Jo talk about what the system is about, where and how it is used, and what’s next fo…
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With a background at Chelsea Football Club and Loughborough University London, Ben now leads the international business development at Breakaway Data. A US company that puts ‘elite data in the hands of elite athletes’. Kristof and Ben talk about the benefits of putting the athlete at the center of digital product development, the importance of stak…
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Jessica Zendler is a Sports & Fitness Tech and Biomechanics consultant at Rimkus, a worldwide leader in engineering and technical consulting. Jessica is leading the sports division of the company, after being an independent consultant, startup CTO and academic PhD researcher. She’s also part of the Special Interest Group behind the STRN's Quality F…
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Marcus Schmidt and Sebastian Wille – How to blend sports science with engineering to develop solutions?
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Marcus Schmidt is a researcher at TU Dortmund (Germany) with a special focus on the use of portable mobile sensors for biomechanical and training-scientific performance diagnostics as well as for preventive diagnostics in highly dynamic sports. This time, Kristof had a chat with him and his ‘Sensing Motion Science’ podcast partner Sebastian Wille w…
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Torstein Dalen Lorentsen - University-industry collaborations in sports & health at SINTEF Digital
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Torstein Dalen-Lorentsen is the Research Manager, Health and Performance Technology at SINTEF Digital in Oslo (Norway). Having a background in sports practice, science and technology R&D, he’s bringing very relevant insights to the table when it comes to the current and future state of our field. Kristof and Torstein talked about things as: The typ…
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Karl Etzel - Managing research across human performance, health and corporate wellness topics
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Karl Etzel is the VP of the Human Performance Lab at Exos (San Francisco, USA) which conducts research on products, programs, and services in the areas of human performance, health and fitness, and corporate wellness. Kristof & Karl discuss the role of the lab within the ecosystem, how to optimally manage it, and how it creates value for its client…
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Olli Tikkanen is the host of the Physical Activity Researcher podcast, where he speaks to experts in physical activity, exercise, and health to find out about the latest research findings. Besides that, he is the co-founder of Fibion, which offers a physical activity analysis product targeted to health & fitness professionals. Olli is the 4th guest…
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Fee Beyer is hosting her own 'Fee Beyer SportTech Podcast', in which she is interviewing a variety of (elite) sports professionals. So, she is/was the perfect (3rd) guest in our 2nd series of episodes, during which we interview other podcast hosts in the sports science, tech, and innovation area, in order to get their insights on the sports tech in…
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Ed Gibbins is the host of Rewire Fitness Podcast, linked to Rewire Fitness, the first-to-market neuro performance mobile platform for athletes. Ed is the second guest in our 2nd series of episodes, during which we interview other podcast hosts in the sports science, tech, and innovation area, in order to get their insights on the sports tech indust…
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Benjamin Penkert is well known as the host of The SportsTech Allstars Podcast, linked to SportsTechX, the market intelligence company for professionals & investors in sports, which he is running with his co-founder Rohn Malhotra. Benjamin is the first guest in our 2nd series of episodes, during which we interview other podcast hosts in the sports s…
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Steven Verstockt is a Professor at Ghent University, where he is leading a multimodal analytics research group. Steven talks about the kind of methodologies they develop in the lab, relevant for cycling. Next, collaborations with other groups within the university and with external companies are being discussed. Finally, Steven explains how generic…
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Johann Windt is the Head of Data Science at the Vancouver Whitecaps Football Club, a Canadian professional soccer team playing in the Major League Soccer (MLS). First, Johann talks about his background in sports, his academic involvement, and his transition to sports practice. Then, Johann & Kristof talk about how Data Science fits in the organizat…
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Ismael Fernández Cuevas is the Co-Founder of ThermoHuman, an infrared thermography and thermal analytics company for injury prevention in sports science, medicine and physiotherapy. First of all, Ismael’s internationally-oriented background and PhD. in Sports Science are discussed. Then, Ismael talks about the research of infrared thermography and …
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Timothy Brownstone - Using infrared technology in sportswear to enhance performance and recovery
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Timothy Brownstone is the CEO and Founder of Kymira, an innovative smart textile company. They work within the Medical, Sport, Military, and Space verticals to enhance performance or injury recovery. In this podcast, Timothy talks about his background and the use of infrared technology to stimulate cell growth. The technology behind Kymira and seve…
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Tom Ruth & Miska Kuusisto - Tracking in sports, core technologies and (ice) hockey applications
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In Episode 26, we welcome two guests: Tom Ruth, Vice President Americas at Quuppa, and Miska Kuusisto, Sales & Marketing Executive at Wisehockey. Quuppa has extensive experience in tracking technology, specialized in radiofrequency technologies. Tom is responsible for the business in the Americas and has had previous experience at Nokia and Broadso…
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Episode 25 is with Jan Van Haaren who worked for several years at SciSports, a Dutch football analytics company. Jan has a background in Computer Science and a PhD. in Machine Learning and worked as the Chief Analytics Officer at SciSports. He's been involved in soccer analytics for some time now and SciSports aims at getting the most valuable insi…
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Aline Fobe is a Corporate Wellbeing Consultant at Energy Lab. Before this role, Aline was an HR consultant at PwC and an athlete in the national field hockey team of Belgium. Throughout her career, she has collaborated in different teams and has developed a specific interest in high-performing teams. In this episode, Aline talks about a specific sp…
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Peter Düking is a wearables researcher at the Julius-Maximilians-Universität of Würzburg. Peter’s interests intersect in the domains of athletes, science, and technology. Peter & Kristof spoke about how wearables can contribute to the improvement of athletes' health and performance, but also talked about regulations & standards within the sports te…
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Carlos Balsalobre - Implementing sports science into practice with the help of smartphone apps
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Carlos Balsalobre is a Sports Scientist & Researcher at the Autonomous University of Madrid and a developer & entrepreneur in the area of physical performance apps. His main interests are strength training and testing new technologies to measure and improve performance. Carlos & Kristof talk about the path towards becoming a science-driven entrepre…
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Martin Carlsson-Wall is a Professor at the Stockholm School of Economics (SSE) and the director of the Center for Sports and Business at SSE. Next to leading the team of researchers in Sports & Business, his own research interests focus on accounting in sports organizations. In this episode, Martin talks about the collaborations with leagues, the d…
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Marco Altini is a data scientist & entrepreneur with a broad set of skills. After a Ph.D. in applied machine learning and an additional Master's degree in Human Movement Sciences, Marco is currently an advisor for Oura and the founder of HRV4Training. This episode digs deeper into his unique perspective from the research, business, and entrepreneur…
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Kristof De Mey - Translating scientific output into practical applications used in the field
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Kristof De Mey is the founder of STRN and is actually not your host in this episode! Instead, Cheri Bradish (Canada) interviews Kristof to find out why he founded STRN. After 6 years as a physiotherapist and a Ph.D. in the same area, Kristof got a role at Ghent University to transfer research knowledge into the field. In this episode, he talks abou…
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Sam Robertson - Analytics to improve skill acquisition and how to evaluate usable technologies
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Sam Robertson is a professor of Sports Analytics at Victoria University and its consulting, learning & implementation arm Track. His research interests focus on the application of machine learning to sports problems and improving decision-making through analytics. This episode focuses on sports performance and skill acquisition in particular. How c…
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Tom Jelliffe - Entrepreneurship, academia, and bringing the most durable earphones to the market
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Tom Jelliffe is the founder of Tzuka, a start-up that will launch its durable earphones very soon. In this episode, we spoke about the story behind his company and product innovation. We also talked about his connection with Loughborough University and how start-up-university interactions can help in founding a business. We hope you find this episo…
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Dr. Cheri Bradish is the Loretta Rogers Research Chair in Sport Marketing at Ryerson University. As a sport marketing expert, she is interested in sport business strategy and trends including innovation and entrepreneurship. In this episode, we discussed the topic of women in sports and tech, related to research but also to entrepreneurship & field…
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Michael Naraine, Assistant Professor in Sport Management at Brock University (Canada) already performed research in a high variety of sports technology-related topics, such as marketing analytics, WiFi in stadiums, blockchain, and eSports. What are the key findings of these studies? How relevant were/are they for the industry? And what are the key…
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Liz Wanless is an Assistant Professor of Sports Administration and Assistant Director for Analytics at Ohio University, where she’s involved in various sports business analytics projects - of which some with sports organizations as e.g. in football or basketball. In this episode of the podcast, we discussed her recent work in the area of Natural La…
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Stina Lundgren Högbom & Mikael Mattsson - Connecting the dots in the Swedish Sports Tech ecosystem (& beyond)
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In this episode of the podcast, I talked with Stina Lundgren Högbom (Global Relationship Manager at the Health & Sports Technology Initiative in Blekinge, Sweden) and Mikael Mattsson (Adjunct Professor at the same Blekinge Institute of Technology and Senior researcher at Stanford University and Karolinska Institute). Key questions we talked about w…
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Imec is an R&D hub for nano- and digital technologies in Flanders (Belgium). The institute is linked to the 5 universities in the region and is well known on an international level when it comes to high-tech R&D and commercializations. In the framework of sports technology innovation, we were wondering how the organization is facilitating entrepren…
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Chad Goebert is one of the few PhD students who's working on Immersive Sport Technologies research. He’s doing this at the Virginia Commonwealth University in the US, from where he's also feeding the popular Twitter handle ARVRInSport. After talking about some of his own research, we also touched upon the broader topic of how to bridge the gap betw…
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Kim Blair is one of the most experienced people in the sports engineering & technology area worldwide. He has worked for many organizations including NASA, MIT and various consultancy companies, such as Cooper Perkins, where he is working again now. He's also a Board member of ISEA (International Sports Engineering Association). Given his extensive…
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Martin O’Reilly calls himself 'a passionate sports-wearables and analytics entrepreneur and researcher'. And he is! As a CEO & Co-Founder at Output Sports, which is a spinout of the University College Dublin in Ireland, Martin and his team went through an exciting journey from academic research to a sports wearable company in the market, focusing o…
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Working for Progressive Sports Technologies and many other organizations, Patrick Burge has a broad experience in topics as Innovation. Strategy. Startup and Scale-up Financing, etc. Supported by his dog Suzy (the first dog on the podcast 😀), Patrick is skilled in connecting the dots, asking the right questions, composing the best possible teams, e…
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Working in the Sport Innovation Research group at the Swinburne University of Technology (Australia), Adam Karg is closely involved in various research projects in collaboration with industry, As a result, Adam is innovating in various areas of sports organization management, fan engagement, team & league marketing, etc. with the help of (his) rese…
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Being a Senior researcher at Ghent University in the research group for Media, Innovation and Communication Technologies, Jeroen Stragier has worked on various aspects as motivational affordances of Online Fitness Community features, the use of Wearables, Mobile apps and Exergames in promoting physical activity, and the potential of new Media and P…
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What's the status quo of sports innovation ecosystems, from both a theoretical and practical perspective? Benjamin Kinsky (Bundeswehr University Munich) is making his PhD on this interesting topic. We talked about the daily business in sports and why teams or leagues would/should focus on creating innovative products, services and processes, despit…
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In order to have student sport entrepreneurship to flourish, it helps to have some good practices and examples. Giorgi Khubua and his team created one with their smart mirror solution called Solos. The story started at the Technical University of Munich in 2016 and after winning prizes and attracting investments, the team recently sold the startup …
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Jack Goodloe-Haßmann, Senior Manager Consumer Insights at Puma (at the time we spoke), explains his approach and vision within the Puma R&D process. We discussed the interaction between physical (material) versus sensor and digital innovations and the role of academic research for a company as Puma. Also: what will the future for Puma bring? Contac…
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During this episode of the podcast, Lode Goossens talks about the transition from the Ghent University spin-off SpartaNova to the re-start of the company under the name 'Hylyght'. We talked about the state-of-the-art in the sports talent identification research area, and the opportunities for automation using smart testing devices and machine learn…
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During this podcast episode, Ted Hayduk, Assistant Professor at the Preston Robert Tisch Institute for Global Sport (New York University) discusses his research in the areas of sports entrepreneurship & innovation and the role of data analytics within it. Prof. Hayduk elaborates on how to bridge the gap between (his) research and the sports world. …
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In this intro episode, we shortly explain the purpose of our podcast and the topics we'll cover. Happy listening!
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