While monitoring technologies enhance performance management, they also raise concerns about athlete privacy and autonomy. Continuous data collection can create environments of constant surveillance.
Clear consent protocols, erotic data ownership policies, and ethical guidelines are essential to protecting athlete rights.
Psychological Implications
Technology-driven evaluation can increase performance pressure and anxiety. Athletes may feel reduced to data points rather than valued as individuals.
Human-centered approaches ensure that technology supports, rather than diminishes, well-being.