TY  - BOOK
AU  - Fouché, Rayvon
PY  - 2017
DA  - 2017//
TI  - Game changer: the technoscientific revolution in sports
PB  - Johns Hopkins University Press
CY  - Baltimore
KW  - Sports
KW  - Technological innovations
KW  - Physiological aspects
KW  - Performance technology
KW  - Doping in sports
KW  - Sports sciences
KW  - Sports / Technological innovations
KW  - Sports / Physiological aspects
AB  - We like to think of sports as elemental: strong bodies trained to overcome height, weight, distance; the thrill of earned victory or the agony of defeat in a contest decided on a level playing field. But in Game Changer, Rayvon Fouché argues that sports have been radically shaped by an explosion of scientific and technological advances in materials, training, nutrition, and medicine dedicated to making athletes stronger and faster. Technoscience, as Fouché dubs it, increasingly gives the edge (however slight) to the athlete with the latest gear, the most advanced training equipment, or the performance-enhancing drugs that are hardest to detect. In this revealing book, Fouché examines a variety of sports paraphernalia and enhancements, from fast suits, athletic shoes, and racing bicycles to basketballs and prosthetic limbs. He also takes a hard look at gender verification testing, direct drug testing, and the athlete biological passport in an attempt to understand the evolving place of technoscience across sport.
SN  - 9781421421797
LA  - English
N1  - Rayvon Fouché
ID  - 870394711
ER  -