wearable technology in elite sport: a critical examination

Wearable Technology in Elite Sport reveals how wearable devices are used to quantify athletic bodies which have several undesirable consequences for the embodied subject. This book examines the process by which wearable data is produced, represented, and enacted in the governance of athletic behaviour.

John Toner, PhD, is a Senior Lecturer in Sports Coaching and Performance in the Department of Sport, Health and Exercise Sciences at the University of Hull, UK.