This topic will be a recurring theme for this blog. The capability to access information anywhere provided by smartphones (iPhone or Android or whatever the telecom industry invents next…) is a huge boon to sport coaches. The capability to tap into needed information or tools wherever the coach is (the field, the court, the halfway point of a marathon, etc.) increases the coach’s capacity to coach better.
The first app of interest is called iHydrate. Created by Mobile Sports Inc. in Waltham MA, this app taps into GPS driven weather reports on temp and humidity to provide the coach and/or athlete a report on how much fluid much be taken to maintain proper hydration for physical activity.
Check it out.
