"The other thing is having a great communication line with our sports medicine department. "The biggest thing for us from an improvement stand point of equipment is talking to our athlete and having an open communication with them," Marquez said. Marquez continues to streamline the product with new body lengths and flexibility features by listening to player feedback. "The average impact right now in college football is 55 miles per hour this two piece system can disperse that energy."Īfter testing the pad system for four years, the product is now in its second generation. "Football is a big time collision sport," Marquez said. Combined with the compression vest, a custom fit is achieved for maximum comfort and protection. This exoskeleton is molded to specifically fit each athlete's body and features a military grade buckle system for easier usability. The carbon fiber shell in the CarbonTek shoulder pad system maintains its shape throughout tough hits. The compression vest only gains approximately a tenth of a pound when completely submerged in water or sweat, which is important during summer practices with temperatures reaching 100 degrees. Weighing 3.8 pounds while dry, the OS Technology foam is a material that can absorb water without gaining weight. "The average shoulder pad will weigh anywhere from eight to 15 pounds when it gets wet, so we were really trying to reduce that weight issue."
"Being in the South, we're always trying to look at moisture management," Marquez said. This system combines an OS Technology foam compression vest and a carbon fiber exoskeleton to provide revolutionary lightweight protection for athletes. Once the initial design concept was created, Marquez partnered with Russell Athletics to manufacture the shoulder pad system known as CarbonTek. Each impact creates energy, or heat, which needs to be ventilated away from the body for an athlete to stay cool. It always deflects left to right, side to side, and that's where the technology came about."Īfter understanding how a sphere shape effectively deflects, Marquez also added a hole to the middle of the spheres to allow greater impact on the material and to allow energy to escape. "Just the sphere shape itself means there's no way to get a direct hit on it, so there's no way to go down. "I started looking around on the Internet and YouTube, and actually looked at a video of a padding system that was testing itself against M&Ms, and I realized it wasn't the foam-it was the M&M that was doing all the work," Marquez recalled. Through research and collaborations with the faculty in the School of Kinesiology, he discovered the shape of the padding was a key element to decrease impact and shifted his focus to shoulder pads. Years ago, Marquez was approached by equestrian coach Greg Williams to create a padding that could be used under an injured horse's saddle. "Everybody's concentrating solely on helmets, and the reality is there are more body injuries in football than there are helmet injuries." "Shoulder pads haven't changed in about ten years," Marquez said. Please allow one billing cycle for credit card refunds to appear on your credit card statement.Combating the heat in Alabama isn't an easy task, but Auburn University's football team has a new way to stay cool during practice and game days.Įquipment Manager for Auburn Athletics Dana Marquez recently developed a lightweight shoulder pad system that doesn't retain moisture and deflects energy to reduce impact. Once your return is received, a credit will be issued (if warranted) within fifteen (15) business days.
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