Building Resilience and Wellbeing in Young Athletes with Fitmind
Wednesday, 08 January 2020
Research led by the Australian Institute of Sport has found that as many as one in three elite athletes reported significant symptoms of anxiety or depression. When compared that it affects around one in five of the wider population it is a stark reminder that the current approach to mental health needs to evolve. Knowing there
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HYPE SPIN Accelerator Taiwan Spotlight: Komodo Monitr
Monday, 25 November 2019
Our series of conversations with founders and companies going through HYPE’s Spin Accelerator in Taiwan. In this conversation we spotlight New Zealand startup Komodo Monitr. We spoke to Jack Wood, one of their co-founders. Describe your experience at the recent HYPE Bootcamp in Taiwan? Jack Wood: “The Bootcamp couldn’t have come at a better time really. In
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Biomechanix Brings 3-D Markerless Athlete Tracking into Australia
Friday, 20 September 2019
Bringing a new innovation into Australia that aims to extend our understanding and appreciation of how an athlete performs, is assessed and analysed in a competitive environment is Biomechanix. The company sells and distributes movement and analysis systems, one of which is Simi Motion Reality, a 3-D Markerless motion capture that does away with the
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Catapult Sport’s Chairman Adir Shiffman on the Elite Wearable Market, the Industry and the Problem with Data
Wednesday, 11 September 2019
One of the keenly attended sessions at August’s Sports Tech World Series in Melbourne was the fireside chat between Vumero’s CEO John Persico and Catapult Sports Chairman Adir Shiffman. The wide-ranging conversation took in his view of the elite wearable market, the wider sports tech industry and his problem with data. There was a buoyancy
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Quick Conversations at Qatar Sports Tech Fast-Track Melbourne: Activintel
Wednesday, 11 September 2019
Leading an Australian change in developing new technologies for the gym is Sydney-based Activintel. The company’s software utilises machine learning and artificial intelligence to analyse a person’s activity in the gym to build an understanding of their weight lifting, training and exercise technique. For the end user they can track their data mid-workout and their
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Surfing Australia’s Pathway to the Podium for Tokyo 2020
Thursday, 15 August 2019
With surfing’s debut at next year’s Tokyo Olympics looming large we discussed the high-performance challenges and training pathways of the sport in Australia with Surfing Australia’s High Performance Director Kim Crane. An ex-Australian Women’s Hockey Team representative with a varied career in leadership, sports administration and high performance, she moved into the role at Surfing
Kinduct’s Frank McKinnon on the Company’s Growth into APAC
Friday, 26 July 2019
Having achieved massive market penetration across elite and collegiate sports in North America with their industry-leading Athlete Management System, Kinduct’s international expansion has led them to establishing an on-the-ground base in Australia to boost their presence across the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. Leading the expansion is Frank McKinnon, Kinduct’s VP of APAC, and he told Bullpen
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