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Parallel to the opening of the FIFA World Cup in Russia, the HYPE Summit on the Future of Football was held in Moscow on 14 June.
KINEXON Sports technology took center stage at the NHL Scouting Combine in Buffalo. 104 NHL hopefuls not only got the chance to make a good impression on all 31 NHL teams, they were also exposed to sports performance software for the first time.
The biggest handball event took place last weekend, May 26⁄27, in the LANXESS Arena, Cologne — the VELUX EHF FINAL4 2018.
The Sports Performance Data and Fan Engagement Summit is held in London, Great Britain. One of the topics that always seems to come up is the next generation of quantified sports innovations. Here’s what we learned.
“Meet the Future of Sports” was the title of SportsInnovation 2018, which perfectly summed up the spirit of the event. The event, organised jointly by the DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga and Messe Düsseldorf, took place on 8 and 9 May 2018 in the ESPRIT arena in Düsseldorf.
There were two very important developments in football recently, and KINEXON Sports technology is playing a major role.
A recent study conducted by Hoppe et al. at the University of Wuppertal aimed to investigate the validity and reliability of global (GPS) and local (LPS) positioning systems for measuring distances and mechanical properties in team sports.
Player tracking technology leads to better load management throughout a player’s life cycle and is leading to a new trend in the NBA. Executives are shifting their focus from drafting and trading players to compete at the highest level. Now, many organizations are investing in resources that can help the team build and develop a strong roster — like sports analytics.
From 30 to 31 January 2018 the SPOBIS in Düsseldorf was on the programme. Top decision-makers discussed the future of the sports business — from the analysis and use of data to integrate fans in the Bundesliga, to the current and future significance of sports sponsoring, to the use of new technologies.
