Esports organization Team Liquid is one of the few franchises leveraging analytics to improve performance and train, announcing a new partnership with gaming analytics company Mobalytics. Team Liquid coaches and players will begin integrating the Mobalytics platform and data analysis into the organization’s strategy prior to the League of Legends 2017 NA LCS Summer Split. “Video […]
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 […]
NEW YORK — Sebastián Lancestremère and his team at Microsoft are helping sports organizations, like Spain’s top football league La Liga, rethink how they connect with today’s fan in the modern digital age. The General Manager of Sports Business at Microsoft recently spoke at Microsoft Digital Difference in Manhattan, highlighting and expanding upon the software and […]
This offseason, free agent relief pitcher Craig Breslow paired his analytical nature with some-cutting edge technology to try and breathe new life into his fading major league career. Rapsodo Baseball is a portable high-speed camera system that uses radar data to quantify the trajectory of a baseball as it leaves a pitcher’s hand. Beyond ball […]
An early proponent of SAP’s Tennis Analytics for Coaches technology, WTA World No. 1 player Angelique Kerber joined the technology and software corporation as a global brand ambassador. The 29-year-old native of Germany regularly utilizes the SAP HANA powered analytics software, which is available exclusively for the WTA and on WTA-authorized tablets, with her coach Torben Beltz […]
