How does LED Light Improve Sports Players Performance?

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Improved sports players’ vision

1. Bright lighting

Sports lighting is different than the type of lights we use for working at the office. Sports lighting is closer to the brightness of the sun by intensity. This is so it can improve the little details, making it easier to see. Light levels are adjusted further to increase clarity and comfort levels. The most important factor in competitive sports is having excellent vision at all times.

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2. Uniform lighting

A playing field is an area where an athlete can apply their skills when they see an advantage. Uniform lighting on the playing field allows this advantage since natural sunlight can hide little details among the shadows. Uniform lighting is so important that it’s not just for lighting the playing surfaces, since it helps to track a ball too.

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3. High CRI

The color rendering index (CRI) is vital for visual clarity. The amount of light that is used needs to be adjusted for brightness. Even though the amount of Kelvin may be bright, CRI can be adjusted further to remove bright glare. This is when an object can appear too hot to look at comfortably. High CRI is used to bring contrast without losing the visual ability of anything that can be seen.

4. Flicker-free

LED sports lighting has an excellent flicker-free appearance. Even though LED light does flicker, this cannot be seen by the naked eye. Even under high-speed HDTV cameras, this flickering effect cannot be seen at all. LED sports lights make better conditions than older forms of incandescent light that had flicker problems.

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5. Shadowless

The advantage of lighting from all angles of a playing field is the total loss of shadows. Because light is coming from several angles that are mathematically tuned to selected points, shadows cannot exist. It takes several players to create a blocking shadow effect, but that’s easy to ameliorate with lighting on the opposite side.

6. Lux light levels

This is measured by the number of foot-candles that are rated by a Lux rating from 0-1000. Lux levels can help describe the amount of available light that is used for visual comfort. How much light is needed for a sports activity often has higher levels of Lux.

Visible light from all angles

1. Eliminates handicaps

Outdoor sports are full of handicaps if they are played under normal sunlight. You won’t find this happening with professional stadium sports that are played in the daytime. Sports lighting takes away the possible shadows that make it harder to see hidden details such as a ball that is being concealed.

2. Provides an edge for players

With more light that’s available from all angles of the playing field, it gives plenty of opportunity for attack or defense performance. This allows the athlete to spot where they can have an advantage using that light provided.

3. No blind spots

With so much at stake in professional sports, a blind spot is lessened through using plenty of light. Even problematic sports such as baseball can have blind spots if sports lighting is placed poorly for those in the outfield. Good sports lights eliminate blind sports altogether.

Color temperature

1. Helps to enhance a sports player’s abilities

Color temperature is important for sight but it also influences the mood of a player. High amounts of Kelvin in the sunlight spectrum increase serotonin in the human body. This helps players to improve their performance with a natural high, allows a higher output of energy.

2. Excites the crowd (adding to increased playing abilities)

This has a dual effect on the spectators who are watching stadium game sports like soccer or football. It helps make fans more excited and active in cheering-on their favorite team. When a team hears their fans making so much supporting noise, it often helps them play their best.

Dimming

1. Dimmer lights for training

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Training is not supposed to be heavy work compared to the actual gameplay of sports. It’s building-up the endurance levels to make better muscle tone. Lights are dimmed via DMA or DALI for this purpose so a sports training session is less stressful on the muscles and visual senses.

2. More relaxed

With lowered lighting, an athlete will tend to pace themselves more often. Any sports injury at this point can remove a star player from a whole season. But to ameliorate the situation, lights are better when they are dimmed slightly. This provides a slight calming effect so that athletes can focus on their training.

Cooler lighting

1. Less heat produced by the light

Sports light from the older days were hot and uncomfortable to be under. Being under these lights in an arena or gym can be quite sweaty otherwise. LED lights produce very low heat, making them ideal for all sporting activities. Less money is spent on indoor air conditioning as a result.

LED red light therapy for sports players

1. Photobiomodulation therapy

The human body absorbs light through special cells called Cytochrome C. These cells have a special protein within their mitochondria that absorbs a spectrum of light often called red light. The benefits of photobiomodulation are being used for sports athletes all over the world. What it does is simple, as it helps produce ATP from within the mitochondria itself. And this allows muscles to regain faster repair for sporting exercises and training.

2. Helps to reduce pain, swelling, and soreness

Red light therapy is commonly used for training but not limited to before or after a sporting event. The soreness that comes from muscle fatigue can lead to pain or swelling, and this is where red light therapy helps. It can prevent muscle damage be providing cells in that area with higher levels of ATP and blocking metabolites. Muscle fever is caused by lactic acid, but red light therapy helps special enzymes form, reducing this problem.

3. Improves athletic performance

To improve an athlete’s performance, regular amounts of red light therapy are used before and after training. This can make better long-lasting effects that can allow extended periods of competitive energy. Athletes can then maintain their best level by tuning-up these muscles so they have no shortage of energy.

4. Helps prevent injury

Any muscle that’s been damaged needs time to heal, which isn’t an option for sporting events. Using red light therapy ensures that an athlete can ameliorate sooner and stay in the game longer. Muscles that have regular therapy using the red light spectrum have less injury since it builds-up instant muscle repairability. This is why high competition sports commonly use this form of therapy for their players.

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