Re-Play Athletics, a data-driven cloud-based training platform for youth sports, has announced the beta launch of its initial baseball product offering. Re-Play designed its MyBaseballCenter.com web portal in conjunction with its PitchTracker mobile application to make confusing analytics actionable and baseball players more prepared. Nike-sponsored Phenom National Youth Baseball Academy agreed to onboard 15,000 of its […]
Today the sports industry’s elite meet in Boston for the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference. Industry vets come together with today’s innovators and tomorrow’s business superstars. Experts will address sports data, tech and other hot topics in the industry. One question is strongly debated: who owns the data? The Possibilities Imagine practicing your swing in […]
The Virginia Tech and USC men’s tennis teams last week hosted the first two PlaySight PlayFair Challenge dual matches featuring SmartCourt technology, a cloud-based sports video and analytics platform. One of the major advantages afforded by SmartCourt technology is the PlayFair Challenge System. The technology enables every player using a PlaySight SmartCourt to challenge and review close line calls, […]
Foresight Sports unveiled the GCQuad Launch Monitor at the PGA Merchandise Show at the Orange County National Golf Center in Orlando last week. The indoor/outdoor device utilizes four high-resolution cameras to capture real-time ball and club performance data, which is transmitted to a sleek display screen or other devices via WiFi, Ethernet or USB. The “quadrascopic” cameras […]
The Canadian Olympic Committee announced an eight-year partnership with SAS Canada, marking the COC’s first analytics partnership. This agreement also makes the COC the first national Olympic committee to form a long-term partnership with an analytics company, using data to give athletes and coaches an extra advantage in maximizing their performance outcomes. “This one of […]
