The implementation of wearable technology in the sports world has already begun, and the hype was all too real when this technology became accessible to the public. Today virtually every team in the NFL, NBA, NHL, and MLS, as well as in the Premier Soccer League, NCAA and Different Olympic committees around the world have bought into these wearables for their athletes.

This type of technology has been placed at the forefront of many peoples lives in a way that it has single handedly changed the meaning of sport as well as the meaning for living a healthy lifestyle. Although the reasoning behind getting wearable training technology is for the benefit of the team and for the athlete’s health and progression, there are still a lot of questions behind the validity and accuracy of the data being produced by the technology.