German tracking company Kinexon is set to embed its sensors in the handballs used during the men’s Velux Champions League Final4 event in Cologne on May 26 and 27. Announced yesterday by the European Handball Federation, this means that fans will get real-time analysis of a ball’s motion during each contest. That could mean shot […]
In beach volleyball, where each side has only two players to block and dig across the entire sandy court, the athletes must be well-rounded and wouldn’t seem to have such defined roles as in the indoor game. During the beach volleyball Major Series world championship last August in Vienna, however, players for the first time […]
Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid embraced the nickname of “The Process,” the oft-repeated refrain his franchise’s former general manager kept repeating to assure fans that the team was, in fact, rebuilding and improving. Embiid’s own return to the court was nearly as long of a process, as a broken bone in his foot sidelined him […]
In what’s claimed to be a first in soccer, sensors in a match ball as well as the jerseys of both teams were used to collect real-time data in-game to support a live broadcast. The match last October was a local derby in Germany’s fourth-tier Regionalliga, between the reserve team of FC Bayern Munich and the […]
Basketball coaches and trainers are charged with an important responsibility: manage a player’s load so as not to further his or her risk of injury. Tracking this becomes difficult when you realize the varying natures of each position on the court. While a center might experience many short acceleration bursts, a guard will cover longer distances […]
