Sports Innovations

Partner in Sports Innovations

What do top-level sports and technology have to do with each other? Everything! Top-level sport is extremely demanding, and not just in physical terms. In order to keep on improving their performances, top-level athletes need to look beyond just their physical capacities; they need to think about clothing and equipment, materials and design. Can it be made faster, higher, with less drag? These are just the kind of questions TU Delft can provide answers to.

Giving people the materials to help them go faster, further or higher is basically a question of science, involving such fields as aerodynamics, hydrodynamics and biomechanics. These are research areas we know a great deal about here at TU Delft. They are in fact some of the areas we score best in. Combined with our expertise in the field of materials and product design, we want to apply the knowledge we have to researching and developing sports products. Products that help athletes in training to improve their performances, and products that reduce the chance of injuries, not just for top-level sports, but also regarding popular and recreational sports.

The close collaboration between the private sector, knowledge institutes and the sporting world contributes to successful results. TU Delft is right at the centre of this ‘golden triangle’. This means the future is looking bright for developments in the field of sports innovation.