The analysis of research focus, evolution process and development trend of Smart Sports research in China XIE Liwei-ZHAO Xinhui
Physical Education College of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450044,Henan, China-
Abstract
Smart sports comprehensively apply big data, cloud computing, Internet of Things, block chain and other information technologies to sports, reshape sports with technology, and empower sports. Smart sports is an important measure to deepen sports reform, lead the high-quality development of sports, and achieve the strategic goal of sports power. The analysis is based on the research of 457 Chinese papers from the CNKI concerning the topic of ^Smart Sports^. This paper aims to reveal the research focus, evolution process and development trend of Smart Sports research in China. It visually analyzes the collection of papers using Cite Space software and VOSviewer, authors and co-occurrence of institutions in Smart Sports research in China using the knowledge graph analysis model. The critical pathfinder is also used to present its research hotspots. The study shows that the research hotspots are mainly focused on the research of using big data to drive physical education and smart campus reform, using scientific and technological information to assist competitive sports training technology empowerment, using digital technology to promote the intelligent development of national fitness, and using digital economy to accelerate the healthy development of sports industry integration- the research evolution process has gone through three obvious stages: exploration and pioneering, development and improvement, and consolidation and innovation- future research directions tend to be in two aspects: one is the research on the application of sports information technology based on ^sports+^ and the other is the research on the practice of sports collaborative innovations based on ^+sports^.
