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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How Hockey Analytics Help Prevent Injuries

Thanks to KINEXON Sports technology, the Augsburg Panthers won the VBG Prevention Prize Sport 2018. Their innovative injury prevention plan is built on hockey analytics, and has helped to propel the Panthers to the top of the German League. Here’s how they did it.

Hockey analytics are playing a major role in preventing injuries in the NHL and European leagues.
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The transition of the sports industry and its implications for sport sponsorship

The development towards more digitized sports content has long been in full swing. Thanks to its technology, KINEXON offers exciting possibilities to support media content with vivid additional information and thus create a new fan experience.

Basketball offense scene with players and ball in stadium
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SAP Sports Summit highlights the value of product integration

At the SAP Sports Summit, sports teams from all over the world gathered to discuss the use of new technology in top-level sports.

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KINEXON partners with Leaders Performance Institute

The Leaders Performance Institute and the technical innovators at KINEXON have joined forces to raise awareness of sensor technology with the aim of improving the performance of top athletes.

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DEL Stars & Skills

At the DEL Stars & Skills Event, the participating players were equipped with our sensors during the competition to record their real-time movements.

Ice Hockey player with skills in motion
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Data-based storytelling: we need more context

Data without relevant context is unusable. A comprehensive approach to data-based storytelling leads to a much better experience for fans and viewers.

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What Happened When St. John’s University Started Using Basketball Analytics?

At St. Johns University, both the men’s and women’s basketball teams use KINEXON Sports’ player tracking technology. With positive results — the analysis tool continues to leave a favorable, and lasting impression on the coaches.

St. John's University men's and women's teams rely on basketball analytics to improve their performance each season.
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Future of Football @ HYPE Summit

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.

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NHL Showcases KINEXON Sports Technology at Scouting Combine

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.

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Ball Tracking Delivers Insights at the VELUX EHF Finals4 2018

The biggest handball event took place in the LANXESS Arena, Cologne — the VELUX EHF FINAL4 2018. And ball tracking technology played a role in delivering insights never before seen.

Handball Finals winning team with trophy
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What the Future Holds for Sports Performance Analytics

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.

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SportsInnovation 2018

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.