The Atlanta Hawks are renewing their partnership with MOCAP Analytics, a sports analytics company based in Silicon Valley. MOCAP will provide the Hawks with performance data so that the team can better understand the trends in its players’ techniques. The team has been partnered with MOCAP for the past couple years to create digital media content […]
New technology from startup ventures is transforming the global sports industry. The mission of this series is to introduce startup companies in the sports technology space to a broader audience and allow Founders of promising new ventures to tell their story and pitch their idea. Feel free to submit your startup’s answers to the below questions or contact us […]
This is part two of this two part series by Shayna Goldman that shares insights from six hockey analytics experts about how they integrate analytics into hockey analysis. Part one explored how analytics can detail information about offensive and defensive production, predict scoring, demonstrate an individual player’s value, how to build a penalty kill, build […]
This is part 1 of a two part series by Shayna Goldman that shares insights from six hockey analytics experts about how they integrate analytics into hockey analysis. Analytics are becoming more deeply integrated into hockey analysis. But as with anything that strays from the traditional approach––in this case, using the “eye test” to analyze hockey––there […]
As many NHL players dusted off their skates for the World Cup of Hockey last month, the league itself saw the event as an experiment with new technology. “Whether it’s digitally enhanced dasher boards or puck and player tracking, we’re ready to embrace new technology that isn’t a gimmick,” NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said in an early […]
