Welcome to the KINEXON Sports blog, where we coaches, players, managers or fans learn about the latest insights, and stories about sports analytics, player tracking, and ball tracking.
Basketball is a physically demanding sport that requires players to perform at high levels of intensity, speed, and skill. However, not all basketball seasons are created equal. In Europe, the basketball season is notoriously long and grueling, posing significant challenges for players and coaches alike.
With the increasing number of matches and tournaments that handball players must participate in every year, such as the European Championship (Euro), the Olympics, the Champions League, and the national leagues, the workload and stress on the bodies of handball players is enormous. Here’s how some coaches use data to prevent soft tissue injuries.
Injury prevention in sport leads to player availability. But there is something each coaching staff has to have in order to improve it before, during and after the season in any sport. What is it? Let’s find out.
Author: Jana Hubel
Research shows that each phase of the menstrual cycle may affect a women athlete’s performance, but developing cycle-syncing workouts can help.
Author: Jan Pfisterer
Since 2020, KINEXON Sports has been providing information and statistics at the Men’s and Women’s EHF EURO, and this year is no different. But you may notice something new with the handball tracking this time.
KINEXON Sports is the world’s only ball tracking provider to offer sensor technology that can be integrated into official football and handball match balls. The technology provides real-time positions and inertial data (impacts and spin rate) of the ball with accuracy down to the centimeter. So, let’s find out how it helps coaches transform subjective impressions to objective measures.
Wearable sensors for athletes need to be light, comfortable and track player movements, but how light can they be? It may surprise you how much KINEXON PERFORM IMU or LPS wearables actually weigh.
Author: Daniel Linke, PhD
Connected ball technology has recently been in the media spotlight. The ball sensor, and the data and insights it provides, is generating many questions about how the tech works.
One of the most important criteria for wearable sensors is that they should be lightweight and comfortable, while still providing the sports data analytics that coaches and trainers need. KINEXON PERFORM GPS Pro wearables fit the bill, but how light are they, really? Let’s find out.
More and more coaches and players are implementing volleyball analytics to help improve their game. They’re using Inertial Measurement Units (IMU) to gain an edge and finding out that some metrics matter more than others.
Savino Del Bene Scandicci is among Italy’s best women’s volleyball teams and competes on an international level, in the highest European competitions. Alongside other teams and clubs from different parts of the world in various sports like Florida State University, Viktoria Berlin and TSG Hoffenheim, the team is joining forces with KINEXON Sports and AWS and embrace technology with clear goals in mind. Let’s dive in.
In ice hockey, advanced statistics are an incredibly powerful tool. They can unlock the secrets of the sport. From the ability to track a player’s individual performance to developing team strategies, advanced stats can help teams make better decisions and gain a competitive edge. Let’s find out how.
