From science to practice: Development of a thermally-insulated ice slushy dispensing bottle that helps athletes 'keep their cool' in hot temperatures

摘要

Like many of us, I love sport. I care deeply about athlete performance. It is my job to. That passion has enabled me to wear a number of hats in the arena. I've been an athlete (triathlon and cycling), a coach, a professor, and an applied sport scientist. Residing in this sometimes messy, often fun, middle-space, between research, theory and application, which do not always align, I've been able to make some observations, identify some problems, and foster some solutions. The topic of this editorialis a story about how I've assisted to bridge a small gap between science and practice, by mixing scientific understanding and ingenuity to alter athlete temperature.