History Of Sport By gevens Jan 1, 1950 Cricket Knee Pads/Gloves Jan 1, 1954 Basketball Shot clock implemented Jan 1, 1978 Basketball Break away rims Jan 1, 1979 Ice Hockey Helmets Jan 1, 1980 Composite Tennis Raquets Jan 1, 1984 Spidercam Jan 1, 1986 Instant replay Jan 1, 1990 Titanium golf clubs Jan 1, 1990 Carbon fibre skis and snowboards Jan 1, 1993 Soccer Goal line technologies Jan 1, 1996 F1/NASCAR HANS device Jan 1, 1998 NRL Video referee Jan 1, 2001 Hawkeye technologies Jan 1, 2003 Regenokine Jan 1, 2008 LZR swimsuits Jan 1, 2009 KERS racing boost Jan 1, 2012 Baseball Concussion helmets