How is sports equipment designed using science?
[2009-09-10 08:28:49]

Q: I need a detailed explanation about how something in sports equipment is made using science. For example trainers. There may be studs. Scientists must have thought of using studs so that people who play football on pitches have better grip. So I need

A: One invention was the clap skate. This skate was designed to have a semi-separate boot and blade, so that the blade makes contact with the ice for longer, and provides a better performance.

Other examples are the tight suits worn by swimmers

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Which sports equipment is designed using science?
[2009-09-10 08:08:20]
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Basically I need a sports equipment which is designed using science. Is there any sport equipment which is designed using science. Well obviously there is but I need help suggesting which ones and how.


All machines are "designed using science." What do you really mean? Behind every training machine there is a mechanical engineer.

Science is the process of attaining natural knowledge.

SportsGeezer: "Lucky" Sports Equipment Really Works

New York Times Well column reports on research conducted at the University of Cologne in Germany (the country where, other research has shown, placebos are most effective) that required 28 college students to putt a golf ball. Some were told that they had been given a "lucky" ball. Others were not. The Times reports that students using the “lucky” balls sunk significantly more putts than those who didn’t. The German scientists also tested whether people performed mental tests (of memory and vocabulary) more proficiently when they had a lucky charm with them. Yah. They did.

Read more on the influence of luck in sports in the New York Times .

Read an excerpt from a study of how superstition improves performance in Psychological Science .

New York Times Well column reports on research conducted at the University of Cologne in Germany (the country where, other research has shown, placebos are most effective) that required 28 college students to putt a golf ball. Some were told that they had been given a "lucky" ball. Others were not. The Times reports that students using the “lucky” balls sunk significantly more putts than those who didn’t. The German scientists also tested whether people performed mental tests (of memory and vocabulary) more proficiently when they had a lucky charm with them. Yah. They did.

Read more on the influence of luck in sports in the New York Times .

Read an excerpt from a study of how superstition improves performance in Psychological Science .

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what is the best sports equipment that will help you lose weight fast?
[2008-07-30 04:28:28]
orange medicine ball

dosent matter about the price, just what sports equipment would be the best to help you lose weight and get fit very fast, and also how would you do it (Running machine = 30 mins twice a day etc)
running machine, the vibration plates things,


try trampoline. you get mini-foldable ones too. (Check the reboundair site) 15 min (or 5 min of sprinting) on a tramp = 30 min on a treadmill. + a whole lot of other benefits

too.http://ezinearticles.com/?Trampoline-As- a-Therapeutic

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