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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Savino Del Bene Scandicci Volleyball Selected as Third KINEXON Sports and AWS Flagship Team

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.

Sports data analytics company KINEXON is teaming with AWS and welcoming Italian volleyball team Scandicci as a flagship team to develop metrics specifically for women athletes.
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Why Hockey Advanced Statistics Are Changing The Game On Every Level

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.

In hockey, advanced statistics can tell coaches a lot about how a player is performing.
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Why Are KINEXON Sports Vests a Vital Part of Player Tracking?

In sports, advanced technologies are becoming increasingly instrumental in enhancing player performance and strategy. The introduction of sports vests has helped tremendously in the gathering of data. The reason? When equipped with a player tracking wearable sensor, sports vests make collecting sports performance data incredibly easy.

Sports vests are worn during practice and games. They are equipped with a wearable sensor that collects data on players.
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How American Football Players Should Train to Peak During Bowl Season

As the American football bowl season draws near, the role of sports performance tracking technology becomes pivotal. For coaches, strategically balancing weekly training schedules and the demands of game day must be top-of-mind to secure the best opportunity to land a bid for a bowl game.

An American football player wears a sports vest with a player tracking device during training.
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How To Introduce Cycle-Oriented Performance Training in Women’s Sports

When it comes to achieving peak performance in sports, the one-size-fits-all approach falls short. With the rise of individualized training regimens, a new area has emerged in women’s sports: performance and team training oriented on players’ menstrual cycle and well-being.

The well-being of women athletes are now being evaluated through menstrual cycle questionnaires.
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How To Use a Basketball Shot Tracking App to Improve Shooting

In the bygone era of basketball coaching, the responsibility of tracking and analyzing player statistics fell squarely on the shoulders of coaches. Fast forward to today, where the marriage of sports performance data and basketball shot tracking apps is alleviating the burden on the coaching staff, while helping to improve shooting percentages.

A player profile can be used to help improve basketball shots and other sports performance metrics.
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Behind the Sports Tech: Why KINEXON’s Player Tracking Wearables Stand Out

KINEXON is known for its use in sports analytics by leveraging wearable sensors to collect data from athletes in real-time. Let’s break down the technology behind the sensors.

Wearable sensors like soccer trackers are becoming very popular in sports to collect data on players.
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How Coaches Use Advanced Basketball Analytics Leading into Game Day

Earlier this year, we sat down with the University of Colorado’s Steve Englehart. He is the Director of Sports Performance for Olympic Sports. We wanted to learn more about how he prepares for the Buffaloes men’s basketball season. His mindset about athlete performance and training methods has evolved with the help of advanced basketball analytics. 

University of Colorado’s Steve Englehart, Director of Sports Performance for Olympic Sports uses sports performance tracking technology to improve his team's performance.
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Florida State Basketball: Women’s Team Dribbles into the Future With KINEXON as the Next AWS Flagship Team

Helping to lead the charge with German lighthouse football club, Viktoria Berlin, Florida State University’s (FSU) Women’s Basketball program is the next flagship team to have joined forces with KINEXON and AWS, challenging the status quo for women athletes in professional and collegiate sports with cutting-edge sports technology – customized to women’s requirements.

Florida State Basketball (women's) is partnering with sports analytics company KINEXON for player tracking and data.
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What Types of Basketball Shots Can COMPETE Vision Improve?

From layups to three-pointers, the types of shots in basketball that players take continues to evolve. But now coaches can use KINEXON COMPETE Vision to analyze practice and game videos to help improve the shots their players take from anywhere on the floor. Here’s how.

There are many types of basketball shots that are taken during a game or practice, but now coaches are using basketball shot tracking to help their players improve on everything from 3-pointers to contested layups.
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KINEXON Sports Data Journalist Transforming The Handball Bundesliga Viewing Experience

Author: Dave Grendzynski

Data is revealing untold stories beyond the on-field action in Handball Bundesliga. And Sports Data Journalist Lara Kellermann is at the heart of it. She talks about her groundbreaking role and the impact it’s having in this innovative partnership.

Lara Kellerman attends handball league games in Handball Budnesliga as both sports data journalist and a sports scientist to help television broadcasters and social media experts post about games.
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Furman's Director of Basketball Performance, Matt Aldred, Joins KINEXON as an Ambassador

KINEXON is excited to announce the signing of Matt Aldred, Assistant Head Coach and Director of Basketball Performance, as a member of the KINEXON Ambassador Program.