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Motor Science Research Centre, School of Motor and Sport Sciences, University of Turin and Università di Bologna

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Computer Supported Training - Analysis of the Environmental Conditions and Sports Performance

Authors: Roberto Bellasio ¹ , Alessandro Pezzoli ² , Jacopo Padoan ³ , Matteo Moncalero ⁴ and Andrea Boscolo ⁵

Affiliations: ¹ Enviroware, Italy , ² Politecnico di Torino, Motor Science Research Centre, School of Motor and Sport Sciences and University of Turin, Italy , ³ FLJ Sport Solution, Italy , ⁴ Motor Science Research Centre, School of Motor and Sport Sciences, University of Turin and Università di Bologna, Italy , ⁵ Motor Science Research Centre, School of Motor and Sport Sciences and University of Turin, Italy

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Environmental and meteorological conditions have an important effect on outdoor sport performances. Wind direction and wind speed are important, for example, during marathons, rowing and sailing races. Temperature is also very important in long running events. Water temperature, for example, is an important factor in swimming during triathlon races. The authors believe that environmental data will acquire increasing importance in analyse sport performances in the next future. Of course, such an analysis will require the assistance of a specific software tool, of which the main features are summarised in this document. The software tool would be very useful for athletes and trainers.

Effect of the Environment on the Sport Performance

Authors: Alessandro Pezzoli ¹ , Elena Cristofori ² , Matteo Moncalero ³ , Fiorella Giacometto ⁴ and Andrea Boscolo ⁵

Affiliations: ¹ Politecnico di Torino, Motor Science Research Centre, School of Motor and Sport Sciences and University of Turin, Italy , ² Motor Science Research Centre, School of Motor and Sport Sciences, University of Turin and Politecnico di Torino, Italy , ³ Motor Science Research Centre, School of Motor and Sport Sciences, University of Turin and Università di Bologna, Italy , ⁴ Motor Science Research Centre, School of Motor and Sport Sciences, University of Turin and Piccola Casa della Divina Provvidenza, Italy , ⁵ Motor Science Research Centre, School of Motor and Sport Sciences and University of Turin, Italy

Digital Object Identifier: 10.5220/0004643201670170

Proceedings of EESP 2013/icSPORTS, ISBN: 978-989-8565-79-2

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The effect of weather and environmental conditions on sports has been extensively studied over the last few years (Thornes, 1977; Spelmann, 1996; Pezzoli et al., 2010; Fleming et al., 2010). Based upon the studies of Lobozewicz (1981) and of Kay and Vamplew (2002), Pezzoli and Cristofori (2008) have studied the impact of some specific environmental parameters over different sports using a particular impact index divided into five classes. This analysis clearly shows that most of the outdoor sport activities, and in particular endurance sports, are strongly influenced by the variation of meteorological parameters. In effect the evaluation of bio-climatological conditions and of thermal comfort in endurance sports, particularly in road cycling, has a fundamental importance not only for a proper planning of the training program and the nutritional plan, but also for a better evaluation of the race strategy (Olds et al., 1995). Despite these observations, the influence of meteorological and environmental conditions is often disregarded in the outdoor sport performance assessment. The aim of this paper is to assess how much atmospheric variables may influence both the athletic performance and the comfort level for different sport disciplines. The availability of these specific information leads to a more detailed knowledge of the area of interest and opens up the possibility of making considerations on past trends, as well as on the predictability of future situations and phenomena.

Pilot Study for the Evaluation of Thermal Properties and Moisture Management on Ski Boots

Authors: Matteo Moncalero ¹ , Martino Colonna ² , Alessandro Pezzoli ³ and Marco Nicotra ²

Affiliations: ¹ Università di Bologna, Motor Science Research Centre, School of Motor and Sport Sciences and University of Turin, Italy , ² Università di Bologna, Italy , ³ Politecnico di Torino, Motor Science Research Centre, School of Motor and Sport Sciences and University of Turin, Italy

Digital Object Identifier: 10.5220/0004644401710179

Proceedings of EESP 2013/icSPORTS, ISBN: 978-989-8565-79-2

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Winter sports are often performed in severe environmental conditions and this could represent a limit in terms of comfort and therefore performance. Since alpine skiing has the biggest number of practitioners among the winter sports and because the feeling of cold in the feet is one of the most common problem, a testing method has been developed to perform outdoor tests on ski boots in order to evaluate the thermal comfort for different liner materials. The tests, performed on both male and female skiers wearing the same shell with different liners simultaneously (one on the left foot and one on the right foot), showed that a significant difference in terms of comfort using different liners in the same environmental conditions is present. Specific tests have been made to ensure that such differences between the two feet were not due to physiological difference between left to right feet; for this reason, data has been recorded using the same shell and liner for both feet, obtaining negligible differences between the two. Moreover, the collected data can be used to optimize the target of use of the ski boot and liner, choosing the best materials to achieve specific behaviour in terms of heating, breathability and moisture management.