The Engineering of Sport 6

Innovation.- Synopsis of Current Developments: Innovation.- Custom-Fit: Quality of Life of European Sporting Public through Custom-Fit Products.- VeloVent - An Inner City Traffic System for Active People.- Approach of a Model for the Interaction Between Athlete, Sports Equipment and Environment.- Strategy Deployment of High-Technology Companies Entering the Consumer Sports Electronic Market.- From Innovation to Firm Formation: Contributions by Sports Enthusiasts to the Windsurfing, Snowboarding & Skateboarding Industries.- Some Problems of Pareto-Optimisation in Sports Engineering.- Life Cycle Assessment and Evaluation of Environmental Impact of Sports Equipment.- Sports Engineering and Sustainability.- Design.- Synopsis of Current Developments: Design.- The Use of System Analysis and Design Methodology in the Development of a Novel Cricket Bowling System.- Degradation of Tennis Balls and their Recovery.- Development of a Highly Adjustable Cushioned Treadmill.- A New Piece of Equipment for Skiing and Fitness - A Comparison with Existing Models.- A Fresh Approach to Sports Equipment Design: Evolving Hockey Sticks Using Genetic Algorithms.- Development of a New Nordic Walking Equipment and a New Sporting Technique.- Materials.- Synopsis of Current Developments: Materials.- Recent Advances in Understanding the Behavior of Shockpads for Outdoor Synthetic Sports Pitches.- The Effect of Pressure on Friction of Steel and Ice and Implementation to Bobsleigh Runners.- Prediction of the Flexural Modulus of Fibre Reinforced Thermoplastics for use as Kayak Paddle Blades.- Sandvik Nanoflex® - Designed for Ultimate Performance.- Manufacturing of Bobsled Runners.- Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastics - Trendsetting Material for High Performance Racing Bike Chassis.- Development of Equipment to Compare Novel Ice Skate Blade Materials.- Safety.- Synopsis of Current Developments: Safety.- Safe Use and Redesign of Hydrostatic Weighing Equipment.- Effects of the Mechanical Properties of the Shell and Liner on the Shock Absorption of Helmets.- Simulation of Puck Flight to Improve Safety in Ice Hockey Arenas.- Dynamic Wrist Joint Protector for Sports Applications.- Do Helmets Reduce Fatalities or Merely Alter the Patterns of Death?.- Computer Applications in Sports.- Synopsis of Current Developments: Computer Application in Sports.- Development and Integration of a Novel Cricket Bowling System.- Creating the SMART system-A Database for Sports Movement.- Computer Application in Sports.- Ubiquitous Fitness Support Starts in Everyday's Context.- Application of Different Computerized Methods for Modelling the Training-Performance Relationship.- Computer-Supported Training (CST) - Integrating Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for Outdoor Training.- Potentials of Information Technologies for Innovation in Fitness Equipment - A Case Study.- Computer Support for Coaching and Scouting in Football.- The Effects of Multimedia Computer-Assisted Instruction on Middle School Students' Volleyball Performance.- Human Factors.- Synopsis of Current Developments: Human Factors.- Human Movement as a Culturally Shaped Act.- Understanding Human Perception of Field Hockey Stick Performance.- Strategies for Bank Shots and Direct Shots in Basketball.- Optimising Sweeping Techniques for Olympic Curlers.- An Initial Investigation of Human-Natural Turf Interaction in the Laboratory.- Analysis of Game Creativity Development by Means of Continuously Learning Neural Networks.- Influence of Sports Equipments on Human Arm.- Using Sport to Educate and Enthuse Young People About Engineering and the Physical Sciences.- Movement, Health and Quality of Life for Senior Citizens - Prerequisites, Approaches, Concepts.- Performance Sports.- Synopsis of Current Developments: Performance Sports.- The Application of Inertial Sensors in Elite Sports Monitoring.- Requirements and Solution Concepts for the Development of Sport-Specific Measuring Units in High Performance Sports.- A