The Sports Engineering Research Group (SERG) at Sheffield Hallam University, like everyone with an interest in Sports Engineering, love to keep an eye on new technologies and upcoming trends in the field. In this blog article, based around the primary themes of the group, let’s take explore upcoming technologies that will shape the landscape of […]
In the frosty air of the North Pole, Santa Claus prepares for the their busiest night of the year. But what if Santa had access to the latest sports engineering technologies? Could we enhance their performance? In the spirit of innovation, drawing upon the expertise of the Sports Engineering Research Group (SERG) at Sheffield Hallam […]
Annually the Sports Engineering Research Group (SERG) produces a review, evidencing the amazing work we do, across academic citizenship and leadership, research and innovation, teaching and learning and external and professional engagement. And this year’s is published! Within this this blog the Head of the SERG, Dr Simon Goodwill, introduces the SERG Annual Review and […]
Before the 3rd of March of 2023 I was not aware of the Sports Engineering Research Group (SERG) at Sheffield Hallam University (SHU). As a rather new member to the department of Medical & Health Technologies at the Management Center Innsbruck (MCI) with a background focusing on medical technology, I simply did not have the […]
The UCI mountain bike world cup wrapped up in Mont Saint Anne this past weekend in a nail biting, bike smashing, classic Canadian finale.
SERG recently measured the stiffness of mountain bike hubs to assist a local manufacturer.
This week saw the 19th anniversary of parkrun! On Saturday 2nd October 2004, 13 people turned up at Bushy Park in London to complete the very first parkrun. Step forward to last weekend and almost 300,000 individuals completed a parkrun or junior parkrun at almost over 2450 events worldwide, whilst being supported by more than […]
parkrun (usually written with a small ‘p’) is 19 years old: still a teenager but with a good idea of what it wants to be when it grows up. In this article, I describe how parkrun has evolved during the first quarter of this century into one of the most important public health initiatives in […]
The first two weeks of July had been long anticipated for students, like me, enrolled in the Special Topics in Sports Engineering course for 2023. Organized through the Alliance for Sports Engineering Education (A4SEE), this course welcomes master’s students in related MSc programs registered at one of the A4SEE partner universities (https://a4see.com/partners). Each year, Delft […]
“Wouldn’t it be nice if you could play Badminton properly outdoors?” I was sat enjoying a drink with George when he posed this to challenge to me. George had recently returned from holiday where he had seen a young family attempting to play badminton in the park. They struggled, they couldn’t get the equipment to […]
Source: Quintic Sports Anyone who plays cricket to a degree where you go out and take some care on buying your bat should know that the choice is based mostly on subjectivity. We work out through trial and error what our preferred bat weight is and use the term ‘pick up’ or ‘swing weight’ to […]
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