Meet the editors

Daniel Almeida Marinho received his Habilitation in Sport Sciences – Biomechanics (2013) from the University of Beira Interior, Portugal, where he became an Associate Professor at the Department of Sport Sciences in December 2014. He holds a Ph.D. degree in Biomechanics (2009) from the University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Portugal. He received his BSc in Sports and Physical Education from the Faculty of Sports of the

University of Porto in 2004. His main research interests are biomechanics, performance, training, and swimming. He is an Editorial Member of several international journals and Vice-Director of the Research Centre in Sports, Health and Human Development (CIDESD, Portugal). He has published more than 75 journal peer-reviewed papers, more than 50 conference proceedings, and 5 books.

Henrique Pereira Neiva holds a Ph.D. in Sport Sciences from the University of Beira Interior, Portugal, in 2015. He received his BSc in Sports and Physical Education from the Faculty of Sports of the University of Porto (Portugal) in 2008. Recently he became a member of the Research Center of Sports Sciences, Health Sciences and Human Development (CIDESD). His main areas of research are training, performance, strength, sports

physiology and biomechanics and recently he has been developing post-doctoral studies on wearable devices and technology in the sport context. He is the author of more than 50 documents, including books, book chapters, papers in peer-reviewed journals, and conference proceedings.

Christopher Paul Johnson received his Doctor of Education in Sports Management – Sports Leadership/Sports, Fitness, & Health (2018) from the United States Sports Academy. He received his M.S. in Management/Marketing and his B.S. Sports Science/Business from Lasell University where he lectures in their School of Business. Chris is the co-owner of Boston Strength and Conditioning where he coaches athletes around

the world from a range of sports. He is also a consultant for start-ups in the fields of medical technology, technology, health & fitness. His main research interests are human performance, leadership, and gamification. He is the co-editor chief of the Journal of Marketing Communications for Higher Education and a Medical Services Officer in the U.S. Army National Guard.

Dr. Nawaz Mohamudally graduated in telecommunications from the University of Science and Technology of Lille I in France. He is presently an Associate Professor at the University of Technology, Mauritius, where he has occupied the posts of Head of School of Business Informatics and Software Engineering and recently the Chairman of the Research Degrees Committee. He was formerly the Chairman of the Internet Management Com-

mittee at the national level and a member of the Mauritius Academy of Science and

Technology. He is an academic researcher and practitioner in the fields of pervasive computing and data science. His latest ongoing research and development work with the industry is on customers behaviors insights. He is the recipient of the Outstanding Contribution in Education award from Stars of The Industry-Indo-African Forum and Best Professor in Industrial Systems Engineering from Africa Leadership Awards.

Contents

**Section 1**

**Section 2**

*by Christopher Johnson*

Learning and Optimization

*by Marko Kos and Iztok Kramberger*

*by Tegwen Gadais*

*by Gongbing Shan*

**Section 3**

**Preface XI**

Introduction **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

Sport and Human Health **7**

**Chapter 2 9**

**Chapter 3 27**

Advances in Wearable Technologies **41**

**Chapter 4 43**

**Chapter 5 55**

**Chapter 6 73**

Sports as a Mechanism for Reaching Your Potential: The Relationship

Sport for Development and Peace: Current Perspectives of Research

Challenges and Future of Wearable Technology in Human Motor-Skill

*by Muhammad E.H. Chowdhury, Amith Khandakar, Yazan Qiblawey, Mamun Bin Ibne Reaz, Mohammad Tariqul Islam and Farid Touati*

Smart Wearables for Tennis Game Performance Analysis

Machine Learning in Wearable Biomedical Systems

Introductory Chapter: Rising Interests in Sports Sciences *by Daniel Almeida Marinho and Henrique Pereira Neiva*

between Positive Psychology and Sports
