From the shoes we wear on our feet to the high definition televisions in our living room, wearable devices, the sports universe is a breeding ground for technology. Writer and Photographer Rick Limpert will examine this each week on The Tech of Sports – With guests which include athletes, inventors and journalists that cover the intersection of sports and technology.
Mary Pat Faley was the Southern California 2011 USPTA Tennis Pro of the Year and is an accomplished published author, keynote speaker and tennis entrepreneur. An elite member of the Babolat Advisory Team, Faley has been described as a “Tennis Pro’s Pro”.
Mike Kujansuu joined TechSmith in 2002 and has played a marketing manager role for most of the products in the company’s portfolio through the years. He moved into a dedicated marketing manager role in 2011 when the Coach’s Eye app research and development originally started. Since then Mike has helped rapidly grow Coach’s Eye into a brand that now includes multiple products and services in the sports video market. Mike graduated from Michigan State University with a bachelor’s degree in marketing and later went on to receive his MBA from Northwood University. Like any good Spartan he bleeds green throughout and is cautiously optimistic about the upcoming football season.
The PlaySight SmartCourt transforms your tennis matches and practices into fully interactive and shareable events while giving you professional level analysis and evaluation tools to take your game to the next level.
Rick attended the ESPN College Gameday “Huddle Up” Luncheon last week in Atlanta at the College Football Hall of Fame and was able to talk with ESPN’s Lee Corso and Lee Fitting. ESPN College Gameday is an institution and Corso has been with it since the beginning. Fitting has been there the last 12 years and has taken the show to new levels.
When personal trainer Jennifer Johnson gave birth to her son Cole, she had to find a way to stay active while giving her baby the attention he needed. Cole was a high needs baby, so he would never let Jennifer put him down. Jennifer began taking walks carrying Cole and soon incorporated stair workouts and hills using him as her weight for resistance exercises. They both loved the daily workouts and time together and Jennifer got in great post-pregnancy shape. Her experience inspired her to create Baby Strong Workout, a set of cards featuring innovative, fun and effective “mommy & me” exercises and customizable workouts. Jennifer has just launched Baby Strong on Kickstarter to help more moms get active and feel good post-pregnancy!
Learn how a tight-knit group of rising young stars (and a few wily veterans) had a blast pretending to play ball while creating several iconic characters. Filled with little-known facts and personal recollections about outtakes and inside jokes, batting practice and script changes, all-night location shoots, bar hopping and more, this is the ultimate guide to the film that reinvented the baseball movie and inspired a generation of belly laughs.