There is no denying the fact that cloud computing has entered and influenced the world of sports in a huge way. However, the true benefits of cloud computing for athlete training are yet to be acknowledged and exploited by the coaches and athletes. When you use cloud technology, you can get access to resources across the Internet from remote servers. These servers allow the data to get uploaded in real time through resource-sharing. So, many coaches or athletes can access such relevant data from different places across the world with the help of cloud hosting technologies.

How Can Cloud Computing Prove to be a Game-Changer for Athletic Training?

- The biggest advantage is of course real time data sharing. The strength coach no longer needs to keep spreadsheets and fill these up regularly. Through the cloud, this information is shared between the athlete and trainer, each reviewing and commenting on the workout and its progress. Since the cloud computing technology uses real time, all updates are made by either party gets reflected immediately. The two-way communication between the coach and his trainee becomes fast and more effective. When an athlete is unable to interpret any training module, it is possible for him to communicate with the coach through the cloud.

- At times, when the coach and athlete may not be in the same place and yet it is important to get certain workouts done, cloud technology comes to the rescue and gives the chance to athletes to view exercises or workout modules on-the-go or while staying at a hotel abroad. This flexibility allows coaches to help their athletes in a matter of minutes even when they may not be present there themselves

- With cloud computing at your disposal, there is no longer the need to get print-outs of new and improved workouts every week. The coach can save a lot of time by using this cloud technology to make sure that all appropriate workouts are available to athletes when they need instead of having to write new spreadsheets every week. Whatever changes have to be made are also updated on the sheets when coaches log in to these. Updated information becomes available to the athlete in real time. This is especially significant if you consider the ongoing Rio Olympics. Whether it is sensors allowing spectators to track the athlete’s heart rate in real time or making sure that the athlete eats, rests and trains optimally, cloud technology is revolutionizing the way these Games will function.

- Regardless of whether you are representing your nation at the Olympics or simply engaging in athletic training for fitness purposes, you can make use of cloud technology to improve your overall health. For instance there is ORRECCO which provides biomarker analysis to professional athletes; this company has partnered with IBM Watson to come out with an application capable of evaluating colossal amounts of performance data in order to help both athletes and trainers to make better decisions about their performances. Athletes can use this app from anywhere in the world. It gets both structured and unstructured information from research and compares this with the athlete’s private data like his behavior, travel schedules; sleep behavior etc to come up with a flexible and tailor-made training regimen. Athletes can also take part in programs for making sure there is balance between recovery and load so that injuries are lessened and they can maintain a perfectly healthy body.

- Team USA Cycling has also been using cloud technology to get real time data analysis incorporated into training schedules. This application gets real-time data about the rider to get a clearer idea about his performance. So, the cyclist can make immediate adjustments to improve performances during training sessions.

- Finally, athletes can track their health through apps developed by cloud technologies. One such useful training app is the Runkeeper that allows them to track their speed, time and distance covered. Using IBM powered information this app will use combinations of ambient noise, underfoot feedbacks and audio cues to get even a blind athlete run without guidance.

Cloud computing is now being used by healthcare organizations to improve the level of quality of healthcare to their clients. Today, there are provisions for remote patient diagnostics, tele-health and behavioral modifications

Wrapping Up

Cloud technology is budding with each passing day. Along with the enhancement, you will also get to try the evolving technology from the future. Businesses and individuals in the sports world can use cloud technology for tracking their health via apps developed on it and get the real-time data of the athletes. Tracking everything on the cloud is simple and fast because you can access the data anywhere. In the sports world, cloud technology is an irreplaceable element because of its features like anytime access, data tracking, and scaling ability.