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- Title
From a Technology That Replaces Human Perception–Action to One That Expands It: Some Critiques of Current Technology Use in Sport.
- Authors
Woods, Carl T.; Araújo, Duarte; Davids, Keith; Rudd, James
- Abstract
Information technology has been integrated into most areas of sport, providing new insights, improving the efficiency of operational processes, and offering unique opportunities for exploration and inquiry. While acknowledging this positive impact, this paper explores whether sufficient consideration has been directed towards what technology risks detracting from the learning and developmental experiences of its users. Specifically, viewed through the philosophical lens of the device paradigm, and considering a more ecological account of technological implementation, we discuss how technology use in sport could subtly disengage educators and applied sports scientists from performance environments. Insights gleaned from such an ecological account of technology implementation could lead sports science and educational teams to ask and reflect on tough questions of current practice: i.e. has too much control been given to technological devices to 'solve' problems and communicate knowledge (about) in sport? Has technology improved the skills of players and performance staff? Or are performance staff at risk of becoming over-reliant on technology, and as a result, reducing the value of experiential knowledge (of) and intuition? Questions like these should be asked if technological devices, purported to support aspects of practice, are continually integrated into the sporting landscape.
- Subjects
SPORTS; SPORTS sciences; ECOSYSTEM dynamics; USER experience; INFORMATION technology; TEAM sports; TRAINING of physical education teachers; PSYCHOLOGY of athletes; PROFESSIONS; CRITICISM; PHYSICAL training &; conditioning; PROFESSIONAL competence; DECISION making; ATHLETIC ability; TRAINING of athletic trainers
- Publication
Sports Medicine - Open, 2021, Vol 7, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2199-1170
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s40798-021-00366-y