Monday, October 18, 2010

Player Tracking

Technology improvement has spread to every aspect of sports, not simply the balls. A company such as Vis.Track, which is a video based tracing system, stems from its larger parent company Cairos Technologies.  The basic idea of this sort of new technology is to track every player on the field in a simple and easy way. The system does not need to be permanently installed, as it takes only two cameras and 30 minutes to set up, which makes it a viable and important piece of technology in the present and future of player analysis.
                The system not only tracks a player’s movements throughout a game, but it also tracks the speed a player runs; this type of information can be used to compare one players versus another, or versus the entire team average. Instead of running drills in non-game type situations, this system accurately can compare one player’s ability to another.
                Coaches oftentimes like to look at video replays of his team’s game during team meetings in order to discuss strategy. One of Vis.Track’s features is that it has the ability to view the players in 3D and estimate how far apart players are from each other on the field. In a soccer match, formation is important, so this sort of technology can be important. As of right now, Vis.Track is most useful in a game such as soccer, as athletes are in constant motion running at varying speeds throughout a game.
http://www.bundesliga-datenbank.de/uploads/media/VIS.TRACK_Flyer_English.pdf

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