Emerging Technology in Human Kinetics and Sport: Advantages and Disadvantages of Using Hawk-Eye Technology

This paper presents an integration of Hawk-eye technology in Human kinetics and sports and its limitations. It highlighted an overview of Hawk-eye technology, how it functions, benefits, and its application by different sports to officiate. It also highlighted some of the advantages and disadvantages of using Hawk-eye technology such as lack of qualified personnel to handle the equipment and in some cases, due to obstructions or limited camera coverage, there may be gaps in the data captured among others. The paper made some useful conclusions as well as recommendations that will improve current sports technological innovations in Human Kinetics and Sports.