According to the Centre for Sports Surfaces, Cranfield University and the University of Exeter’s Sports Science Department, investigations have being a go-ahead with an aim to improve engineering of sporting surfaces along with ensuring an increase in terms of surface quality and longevity to minimize the risks of sporting injuries.
The project that will be funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council is aiming for the development of a new model that can be used to predict the behavior of sporting surfaces to minimize the occurrence of sporting injuries. This one-of-its-kind project will be responsible for conducting investigation in relation to the integration between soil mechanics and human biomechanics to minimize the possible risks.
Dr Iain James, the project’s Principal Investigator, remarked that he is delighted to know that this project is being funded as the findings of the project are likely to improve sporting standards and in making noteworthy advances for improving natural sporting pitches.
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Dr Iain James, the project’s Principal Investigator, said: “I’m delighted this project has been funded, and I look forward to using the team’s innovative research to make a significant advance in the improvement of natural sports pitches.
“Our research will have wider implications and directly benefit UK industry, sports governing bodies and participants in sporting activity.”
Speaking about the research, David Winn, Training and Education Manager at the Institute of Groundmanship, said: “Any research that can add to the professionalism of the groundsman to produce safer and more consistent natural surfaces can only be good for the relevant sports and, more importantly, for the sportspeople involved, especially the younger children.”
David Winn, Training and Education Manager at the Institute of Groundmanship, was of the view that this project will definitely add to the professionalism of the groundsmen, who have been looking to create safer and consistent sporting surfaces.
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