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Scope: Sport And Health

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Sport And Health

Season 4 | Episode 3 | ELEVEN | July 14, 2017

Science

Digital technologies

Sustainability

Health and PE

Classification: General

Warm up that brain because we're sweating it out to bring you the fittest and fastest in sport science on this: where the ordinary becomes extraordinary.

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Warm up that brain because we're sweating it out to bring you the fittest and fastest in sport science on this: where the ordinary becomes extraordinary.

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Host Lee Constable goes indoor skydiving at IFly with Matt Boag, who explains how to safely experience freefalling in a wind tunnel, and some of the physics involved.

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Host Lee Constable goes indoor skydiving at IFly with Matt Boag, who explains how to safely experience freefalling in a wind tunnel, and some of the physics involved.

Adelaide Crows players Anne Hatchard Chelsea Randall reveal how GPS trackers and hear-rate monitors are used to measure the performance of football players, and explain how the repetition of training drills prepares them for game day.

Tech tracking football players

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Adelaide Crows players Anne Hatchard Chelsea Randall reveal how GPS trackers and hear-rate monitors are used to measure the performance of football players, and explain how the repetition of training drills prepares them for game day.

Junior scientists Shiva and Alex demonstrate how to make a model of a human arm using cardboard tubes, paper clips, rubber bands and balloons, and describe the functions of skeletal muscles and bones.

DIY model of the human arm

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Junior scientists Shiva and Alex demonstrate how to make a model of a human arm using cardboard tubes, paper clips, rubber bands and balloons, and describe the functions of skeletal muscles and bones.

Performance scientist Lachlan Johnston introduces some of the technologies used at the Queensland Academy of Sport to gauge and improve the endurance and technique of rowers, including rowing machine monitor, 3D motion capture and VO2 monitor.

Technology for training rowers

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Performance scientist Lachlan Johnston introduces some of the technologies used at the Queensland Academy of Sport to gauge and improve the endurance and technique of rowers, including rowing machine monitor, 3D motion capture and VO2 monitor.

Monash University's Tim Crouch demonstrates how a wind tunnel is used to test the aerodynamic characteristics of cyclist positions, equipment and materials, including the clothing worn.

Aerodynamics of cyclists and sportswear

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Monash University's Tim Crouch demonstrates how a wind tunnel is used to test the aerodynamic characteristics of cyclist positions, equipment and materials, including the clothing worn.

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