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Faster, Higher, Stronger How Sports Science Is Creating a New Generation of Superathletes--and What We Can Learn from Them

Mark McClusky

The world of high-performance athletics is changing forever. Not so long ago, you could compete at the top level with hard work and a good coach, but today, it’s impossible to separate the achievements of athletes from the scientists who support them.

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StarTalk Radio

It was mentioned as being written by Mark McCluskey from Wired Magazine, related to athletic performance enhancement and the use of data and analytics to enhance sports.

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I think the use of data and the use of analytics to really understand athletic performance in a more granular way.

— Episode: The Science of Sports, with Hope Solo

Episode: The Science of Sports, with Hope Solo

It was mentioned as being written by Mark McCluskey from Wired Magazine, related to athletic performance enhancement and the use of data and analytics to enhance sports.

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I think the use of data and the use of analytics to really understand athletic performance in a more granular way.

We see it in basketball, we see the game actually changing because we have a better understanding of sort of the relative value of a shot from different places on the court, for instance.

A lot about sleep and recovery and how that feeds into athletes' performance. Sleep is an incredible performance-enhancing drug. It might actually be the most effective one.

Episode: The Science of Sports, with Hope Solo

The book was mentioned in relation to the science of enhancing athletic performance, particularly in the context of the Olympic motto, and the role of data analytics in sports.

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I think the use of data and the use of analytics to really understand athletic performance in a more granular way.

Sleep is an incredible performance enhancing drug. It might actually be the most effective one.

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