对于一个局外人来说, it might look like esports athletes don’t need to worry about the same performance metrics as traditional athletes. But esports competitors rely on traits like reaction time, 耐力, and rapid decision-making to compete at the top of their game. That’s why 满帆 University and Orlando Health are providing 满帆 Armada athletes with WHOOP smart watches to help these varsity competitors track their daily activities and health metrics with the goal of improving their in-game performance.

During a recent edition of 满帆's Tech Tuesday series titled "The Science of Performance Metrics in 的电子竞技", Dr. 海法Maamar, 满帆’s Executive Director of Emerging Technologies, sat down with Skylar Richards (Orlando Health Manager of Performance Health) and Dr. Shawn Stafford (满帆 Course Director and IRB Chair & Director of Re搜索) to discuss the unique needs of esports athletes and how the WHOOP watch can help them achieve their goals.

The WHOOP watch tracks health metrics like heart rate, heart rate variability, 呼吸, 还有睡眠质量. Since performance metrics like reaction time, 精度, and decision-making are easy to digitally track in video games, esports athletes can compare their in-game achievements with the data from their WHOOP watches to identify health metrics that detract from their performance.

“We'll take reaction time as an obvious [performance metric], the ability to react and how fast we should react [during a game],斯盖勒说. “If, 例如, I reacted slowly every time that day and then I can see that my sleep score was the lowest it’s been in a while, now I’m seeing a detractor to my performance that can be addressed.”

The panelists also talked about how important sleep is for esports competitors and how the WHOOP watch can help them keep tabs on their sleep quality.

“Sleep impacts everything in life. Just about every negative ailment that we have going on in our lives, it’s all hit by sleep,肖恩解释道. “Controlling that sleep component helps you [perform optimally]. A system like this that’s wearable, that’s really keeping track and giving you data, now it’s not just in your head. It’s on your phone and tracking you and [saying], ‘嘿, 叫醒......,或者“嘿, you need to take a break,’ or that you need to exercise or do a breathing meditation.”

The Tech Tuesday participants also discussed how wearable tech can use individual metrics to help esports teams as a whole, how stress and psychological factors can affect esports performance, and additional ways that wearable tech can assist with medical interventions.