On the ball: the football skills tracker for playmakers - FT中文网
登录×
电子邮件/用户名
密码
记住我
请输入邮箱和密码进行绑定操作:
请输入手机号码,通过短信验证(目前仅支持中国大陆地区的手机号):
请您阅读我们的用户注册协议隐私权保护政策,点击下方按钮即视为您接受。
FT商学院

On the ball: the football skills tracker for playmakers

Strap these motion sensors to your boots for an in-depth analysis of your on-pitch performance

Yes, elite sport is about passion, determination, superhuman levels of fitness and moments of inexplicable genius. But it’s also now just as importantly about data. When Artem Dovbyk ripped off his shirt to celebrate scoring the winning goal against Sweden in Euro 2020 last week he revealed what looked like a sports bra; in fact, that piece of kit contained a GPS tracker monitoring his every move. These devices have been about for a number of years now, with the information gathered being crunched, analysed and used by managers to fine tune every aspect of their players’ future performances. 

But given that football is also, about, well, kicking, wouldn’t it make more sense to hide these sensors in the boots. That’s exactly what Tel-Aviv-based startup Playermaker has created. Its strap-on devices for football boots are endorsed by Arsène Wenger and used by a small but growing number of football clubs. Each Playermaker strap packs a six-axis motion sensor to sample movement 1,000 times a second. This way, in combination with a coach’s iPhone (an Android app is said to be coming), players can measure and compare their performance in a wide variety of football-relevant parameters including impact with the ground, foot rotation, ball releases, possession, kick velocity, time on the ball, number of sprints, distance covered, top speed, accelerations, decelerations and work rate.

With straps on each boot, you can also learn your kick velocity for each leg. Our test footballer, a 15-year-old being eyed by a Premiership club, was pleased and encouraged to learn that while he thought his right leg was dominant, he was actually kicking faster with his left. Playermaker can also enable you, if you dare, to compare yourself with average performance stats of professionals. Test footballer’s advice: “Don’t if you want to avoid being discouraged.”

Playermaker UNO Kit, £199, playermakeruno.co.uk

版权声明:本文版权归FT中文网所有,未经允许任何单位或个人不得转载,复制或以任何其他方式使用本文全部或部分,侵权必究。

你是否应该在股指创新高时买入?

这感觉很不对,但投资者(包括我)不必太担心。

詹姆斯•克莱弗利:“我一直说没有多少选票可以玩……”

这位政治家首次谈到他是如何在一夜之间从保守党领袖竞选的领先者意外地获得第三名的。

一周新闻小测:2024年11月2日

您对本周的全球重大新闻了解如何?来做个小测试吧!

美国大选的第二天会发生什么?

历史上最紧张的总统竞选之一可能不会在晚上结束,随后可能会出现多重危机。

唐纳德•特朗普说利兹•切尼是“战争鹰派”,应该“被枪指着”

共和党候选人对政治对手的措辞引发新争论。

孟加拉国的意外革命者:一名84岁的老人和一些学生

年轻的抗议者推举诺贝尔奖得主尤努斯担任看守领导人。但改革国家民主体制的时间已经不多了。
设置字号×
最小
较小
默认
较大
最大
分享×