Much is expected of high school coaches. They’re pressed with the delicate balance of developing the player while keeping a keen eye on developing each student as a person. Oftentimes, and rightfully so, precedent falls on the latter. Still, with the high-level of competitiveness in high school sports, schools are looking for an edge. That’s why PlaySight, […]
The NBA season is looming. With that in mind, SportTechie chatted with the Orlando Magic’s Aaron Gordon to talk about his recent investment in an app called Lucid, a mental training tool that helps build mental faculties such as drive, fortitude and confidence and counts Gordon, Skal Labissiere and Jaylen Brown among its advisors. Gordon […]
As the New England Patriots hoist their Super Bowl banner and open the 2017 NFL season by hosting the Kansas City Chiefs on Thursday night, here are the top 10 technology storylines to watch this fall. 1. Amazon streaming The debut of Thursday Night Football livestreaming last year on Twitter went so well — an […]
Zebra Technologies and Wilson Sporting Goods announced Thursday that every NFL game football this season would have an embedded RFID tag to track location, speed and rotation metrics. Though some data points will be exclusive to teams, other statistics will be included in television broadcasts and potentially tabulated in NFL.com leaderboards. This technology debuted at […]
Warwickshire County Cricket Club has announced a new partnership with Snaptivity, a company specializing in fan engagement at stadiums. The deal comes on the heels of a test of the technology in 2016, during England’s day and night test match against the West Indies. Snaptivity will use robo-cameras that are triggered automatically by artificial intelligence […]
