Athletes across the world are taping up—a movement that exploded during the 2012 London Olympics and video of international stars like Serena Williams and David Beckham wearing various forms of tape. Tens of thousands of people worldwide are trained in various forms of taping including Ryan Kendrick, founder of Dynamic Tape and a Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist IMS Practitioner whose mission is to reduce the load of the tendons during athletic performance.

Rick is joined by Terry Koehler of SCOR Golf to talk about wedges and specifically SCOR Wedges. Golf Magazine just called SCOR the “highest rated wedges tested for 2013.” Their SCORFit system is the most comprehensive (and first) custom wedge fitting experience in golf.

Karin Korb is a two-time Para-Olympic champion and one of the top wheelchair tennis players in the world. She just returned from a week as one of the instructors at the USTA-ITF Junior Wheelchair Tennis Camp in California. Karin doesn't let obstacles get in her way, and it's great to have her on The Tech of Sports.

Pain Away, LLC, through its line of Golf Pain Away and Outback Series product lines, is suitable for users of all ages, provides topical pain relief for arthritis, neck and back pain, muscular aches and pains and golf and sports related injuries.

Our annual talk about the state of tennis as it’s the first week of Wimbledon with a couple people who always have some thoughts and opinions on everything tennis. Marty Collins, a tennis parent, enthusiast, and advocate from the USTA Northern California Section and Lisa Stone of the Parenting Aces blog and residing in the Southern Section.

We are going to go off the grid tonight with Shane Lewis. He’s an adventurer, a self-described adrenaline junkie, and a survivor. He’s survived 5 foster homes, 4 institutional boarding schools and every obstacle you can imagine. He’s now globetrotting our world and being an “extreme athlete” in every sense of the word, but he never loses perspective -. Learning about himself and life along the way.

Troy Kirby is the host of The Tao of Sports Podcast. He started it in Oct. 2012 as a way to promote idea-shares with other college/pro sports folks.

There are currently a lot of great stories in the world of sports technology and it’s hard to make sense of all of them. Rick takes some time tonight to answer some questions and give his opinions.

Rick talks to two entrepreneurs in the golf world. Sean Yakeley is the founder of Odyssey-Solutions and Louis Girifalco run Rope It. Some great talk tonight about the process of bringing a product to market and they talk about their experiences. Also they tell us what they think of “Shark Tank”.

This week Rick is joined by sports technology expert Bob Roble. Roble is based in Seattle and with his startup, SportsTechieNet, he covers everything in the world of sports technology. Rick and Bob go head-to-head talking about the latest trends in sports tech.