AI Software in Training: KINEXON Sports Further Expands Its Partnership With FC Bayern Basketball in the Field of Basketball Analytics
Munich, September 5, 2024 – KINEXON Sports, market leader in basketball performance tracking and analytics, is expanding its partnership with FC Bayern Basketball to include AI-based analysis software. The German champions will use the new innovation KINEXON COMPETE Vision from the 2024 – 25 season. This will automatically count and analyze all shots in training using state-of-the-art computer vision technology.
With four BBL championships (2014, 2018, 2019 & 2024) and four national cup wins (2018, 2021, 2023 & 2024), FC Bayern Basketball is the most successful German basketball club of the past decade. With KINEXON LPS and KINEXON IMU, the FCBB coaching teams have been successfully relying on two top products for recording and analyzing performance and stress data since 2018.
With KINEXON COMPETE Vision, the double winner is now closing an important data gap: For the first time, the throwing performance of all athletes is also recorded seamlessly and in the context of the training load.
Coaches receive detailed statistics on all their players' throws
To calculate context-related throwing statistics, the software automatically evaluates video recordings of training sessions with the help of AI algorithms. The system is not only able to count successful and unsuccessful throwing attempts of each individual player but also to calculate throwing rates and exclusive performance data such as “Shot Load.”
Shot Load is an exclusive metric from KINEXON Sports. For the first time, it calculates the accumulated acceleration load of the player in the ten seconds before the throw and thus categorizes the stress of the throw as “low”, “medium” or “high”.
The AI-based analysis software not only counts all throws in all training sessions, but also provides high-quality throwing data — without the need for wearables. Coaches are thus supported in making better game decisions based on robust, contextualized training data.
Plus, it is the only system that can even recognize multiple balls simultaneously to capture the entire training session.
Maximilian Schmidt, Co-Founder and Managing Director of KINEXON Sports, on the cooperation with the EuroLeague participant:
“The expansion of our cooperation with a top European basketball club like FC Bayern Basketball underlines our position as a leading sports performance company. By relying on our advanced basketball analytics solutions, coaches and players gain deeper insights into shooting statistics both in game and in training. We are building a logical bridge between sports performance and basketball analytics.”
FCBB Assistant Coach Mihajlo Mitic is also pleased about the further development of the partnership:
“Our club is investing in data analytics to gain an advantage over the competition. KINEXON COMPETE Vision gives our coaching staff an additional perspective to improve training methods during practice and allows our players to see their performance with a state-of-the-art basketball analytics solution.”
KINEXON COMPETE Vision is a new innovative basketball analysis software that analyzes video recordings of training sessions. It is compatible with the existing solutions for automatic video recording of training sessions, but can also be used on the move with a small, portable camera if required and desired. Further information and the possibility to arrange an online demo at: https://kinexon-sports.com/pro…
About KINEXON Sports
KINEXON Sports & Media, a leading sports technology provider, specializes in next-generation athlete and ball tracking and sports data analytics. More than 80% of NBA teams and 500 professional teams worldwide, including the Denver Nuggets, RB Leipzig, PSG and FC Bayern Basketball, rely on innovative hardware and software solutions in the areas of performance tracking, officiating and fan engagement. For more information, please visit www.kinexon-sports.com.
About FC Bayern Basketball
FC Bayern Basketball, FCBB for short, is a professional basketball club based in Munich, Germany. As part of the sports club FC Bayern Munich, the team plays in the Basketball Bundesliga and in the EuroLeague at international level. For more information, please visit www.fcbayern.com/basketball.
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