{"id":16884,"date":"2015-08-28T09:09:19","date_gmt":"2015-08-28T09:09:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.businesscloudnews.com\/?p=233641"},"modified":"2015-08-28T09:09:19","modified_gmt":"2015-08-28T09:09:19","slug":"make-your-sunday-league-team-as-smart-as-borussia-dortmund-with-iot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/make-your-sunday-league-team-as-smart-as-borussia-dortmund-with-iot\/","title":{"rendered":"Make your Sunday League team as \u2018smart\u2019 as Borussia Dortmund with IoT"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"IoT<\/a><\/p>\n

IoT can help make your football team smarter<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

How, exactly, is IoT changing competitive sports? And how might you, reader, go about making your own modest Sunday League team as \u2018smart\u2019 as the likes of AC Milian, Borussia Dortmund and Brazil?<\/p>\n

We asked Catapult<\/a>, a world leader in the field and responsible for connecting all three (as well as Premier League clubs including Tottenham, West Brom, Newcastle, West Ham and Norwich) exactly how the average sporting Joe could go about it. Here\u2019s what the big teams are increasingly doing, in five\u00a0easy steps.<\/p>\n

Link-up play<\/strong><\/p>\n

The technology itself consists of a small wearable device that sits (a little cyborg-y) at the top of the spine under the uniform, measuring every aspect of an athlete\u2019s movement using GPS antenna and motion sensors. The measurements include acceleration, deceleration, change of direction and strength \u2013 as well as more basic things like speed, distance and heart rate.<\/p>\n

Someone\u2019s going to have to take a bit of time off work though! You\u2019ll be looking at a one- or two-day installation on-site with the team, where a sports scientist would set you up with the software.<\/p>\n

Nominate a number cruncher<\/strong><\/p>\n

All the raw data you\u2019ll collect is then put through algorithms that provide position-specific and sport-specific data output to a laptop. Many of Catapult\u2019s Premier League and NFL clients hire someone specifically to analyse the massed data.\u00a0 Any of your team-mates work in IT or accountancy?<\/p>\n

Tackle number crunching<\/strong><\/p>\n

Now you\u2019ve selected your data analyst, you\u2019ll want to start them out on the more simple metrics. Everyone understands distance, for instance (probably the easiest way to understand how hard an athlete has worked). From there you can look at speed. Combine the two and you\u2019ll have a fuller picture of how much of a shift Dean and Dave have really put in (hangovers notwithstanding).<\/p>\n

Beyond this, you can start looking at how quickly you and your team mates accelerate (not very, probably), and \u00a0the effect of deceleration on your intensity afterward. Deceleration is usually the most harmful to tissue injuries.<\/p>\n

Higher still up the spectrum of metrics, you can encounter a patented algorithm called inertial movement analysis, used to capture \u2018micro-movements\u2019 and the like.<\/p>\n

Pay up!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Don\u2019t worry, you won\u2019t have to actually buy all the gear (which could well mean your entire team re-mortgaging its homes): most of Catapult\u2019s clients rent the devices\u2026<\/p>\n

However, you\u2019ll still be looking at about \u00a3100 per unit\/player per month, a fairly hefty additional outlay.<\/p>\n

Surge up your Sunday League!<\/strong><\/p>\n

However, if you are all sufficiently well-heeled (not to mention obsessively competitive) to make that kind of investment, the benefits could be significant.<\/p>\n

Florida State Football\u2019s Jimbo Fisher recently credited the technology with reducing injuries 88 per cent. It\u2019s one of number of similarly impressive success stories: reducing injuries is Catapult\u2019s biggest selling point, meaning player shortages and hastily arranged stand-ins could be a thing of the past.<\/p>\n

Of course if the costs sound a bit too steep, don\u2019t worry: although the timescale is up in the air, Catapult is ultimately planning to head down the consumer route.<\/p>\n

The day could yet come, in the not too distant future, when every team is smart!<\/p>\n

How will the Wearables market will continue to change and evolve? Jim Harper (Director of Sales and Business Development, Bittium) will be leading a discussion on this very topic at this year\u2019s Internet of Things World Europe (Maritim Pro Arte, Berlin 6th \u2013 7th October 2015)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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