KINEXON Sports Blog

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. 

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Sports Tech and Equality: Why We Stopped Treating Women Athletes the Same as Men

Women athletes deserve the same treatment as men athletes. That doesn’t mean knowledge, training methods, and analysis techniques developed based on men and for men can be applied 1:1 to women. Equality must start earlier. We ask ourselves the following question: what requirements do women have for training planning and load control that have not been considered yet? 

Two women athletes equipped with mobile player tracking devices discuss strategies during a timeout at a training session.
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KINEXON Becomes World’s First "FIFA Preferred Provider Live Player & Ball Tracking"

The FIFA Quality Programme and KINEXON strengthen and extend their collaboration until 2024. KINEXON´s status now includes also ball tracking. Starting today, KINEXON is the world’s first FIFA Preferred Provider Live Player & Ball Tracking.” 

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How To Track Basketball Analytics

KINEXON PERFORM is the premier solution for performance profiling, conditioning, training loads, and injury management. As a result, more than 80% of NBA teams and more than 50 top NCAA men’s and women’s programs, as well as professional teams across Europe and Asia all rely on KINEXON to take their performance to the next level.

René Prüßner (Head of Sports Science at KINEXON and an expert on tracking basketball analytics.
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Data security at the highest level - KINEXON is BSI-certified according to ISO27001:2013

Data security is a top priority at KINEXON — as evidenced by our BSI certification. As part of our business activities, we consistently protect our own data as well as that of our customers and partners. 

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Why It's So Important to Use Sports Analysis Software in Basketball

Mechanical load (or mechanical loading) is a metric that is tracked in basketball. It’s the sum of acceleration and deceleration load under certain conditions. 

The term may sound difficult to understand, but it’s not. And by using sports analysis software to accurately determining the total load for each of your players, coaches can draw conclusions about the physical demands of the game and its players.

Basketball player taking a jump shot in a game as his mechanical loading is being monitored by a player tracking system.
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World Premiere in Portugal's Football League: SELECT and KINEXON Generate Live Data with the iBall

The Liga Portugal Bwin is the first football league worldwide to use an official match ball with a tracking sensor inside. The league, SELECT and KINEXON put together a test case regarding accuracy, dependability and a possible implementation of ball and player tracking; and they found a clear answer to whether live data helps make a league more attractive for fans, media and sponsors. 

Kinexon Sports at Portugal Football League
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Prevention of Jumper's Knee With Help of Player Tracking

Handball players belong to the risk group for knee injuries. According to VBG (2021), these are among the second most common injuries in handball at 13.7%. Such injuries, such as patellar tendinitis — commonly known as a jumper’s knee — can be prevented through the use of tracking systems.

Handball player in a game situation throwing the ball
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That Was the Sports Innovation 2022

With the first match-ready ball with integrated tracking sensor, KINEXON caused a sensation at Sports Innovation 2022. Insights, answers to frequently asked questions and further information can be found here!

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Football Tracking Systems Briefly Explained

KINEXON is an innovation driver in the field of live tracking and analysis solutions for professional football. We introduce you to the most innovative live tracking and analysis solutions.

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Why You Should Monitor Football Training Load and Compare it With Match Data

Some sports performance training methods (commonly used in football) do not reflect the full external and internal loads that players experience during an actual match. But KINEXON player tracking systems are able to effectively monitor football training loads and compare them with competition data. 

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Handball Tracking Systems Briefly Explained

For the sport of handball, KINEXON offers several solutions for real-time data generation and analysis. In this video you get the overview!

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Five Advantages of Using Player Tracking Systems for Sports Performance


Player tracking in sports refers to the use of advanced technologies to monitor and record the movements and actions of athletes during games or practices. The data collected through player tracking systems has numerous advantages for teams, coaches, and players. Here are five.

A coach looks over his tablet at the information he collected from a player tracking system.