Technology in football
Coaches have always been able to analysis participant’s performance whilst they play football, however over the recent years and the development of technology their job has become easier. Coaches are now able to use this technology to get further their knowledge of how to use certain skills. They can also use the technology to develop their own ideas for training session, for example after the analysis if the coach found that their side used one wing more than the other he/she may attempt to create a session using the opposite wing or switching play. With the increasing development of technology it has become the norm to use it especially with the easy access. Many youths use technology on a day by day bases which is why it is integrating into coaching and football. “Often our younger athletes demand that we speak to them in a language that they understand using imagery and visual techniques that exist in their world” (Raupach, 2013:37), this quote represents that many participants would learn better from visual aids. Coaches may decide to use technology as these visual aids especially with side by side comparisons. As the participants can understand how they can improve their technique through visually seeing it rather than information on a piece of paper.
Technology has also helped football become fairer especially at the top of the game through goal line technology. This makes the game fair for sports sake. Hawk-Eye is used in many different countries for goal line technology in football. The information received from Hawk-Eye is accurate footage, which is reinforced by
this quote Hawk-Eye uses seven cameras per goal to detect the ball and claims its system is "millimetre accurate, ensuring no broadcast replays could disprove the decision" (BBC, 2013). Having accurate footage means that no one can argue the decision, which is the same when coaches performance analysis. As long as they have accurate footage the analysis they do through programmes such as LongoMatch can be used to feedback to the participants, whereas without this accurate footage the point would be invalid due to people being biased or missing data. At grass root level coaches may struggle to get high quality data as they will most probably only film the match/skill from one angle. However in professional football they film the footage from multiple angles, which helps with video analysis. Using this footage can help professional teams through tactical changes, individual instructions and injury data from replays. This can help grassroot levels as well but not to the extent of professional clubs.
Technology allows teams from around the world to analysis up and coming opponents, as games are uploaded straight to the internet so they can be analyzed. Through this analysis they can set certain training session to prepare themselves for the game; however they can also use it for talent ID and recruitment. These clubs will use sites such as Proscout, wyscoutplatform and instat. Grass root teams can get instant feedback through programmes such as Prozone, Easy Tag and
Dartfish; professional teams also use such software. Prozone is advanced software which is used to critically analysis teams such as movement. As this is advanced software it is not cheap but is reliable for coaches. By using this technology coaches will be able to show participants what they need them to do through a certain skill or match. “It’s too easy to miss what matters most” (Prozone, 2014) is a quote from the organisation, which is true if the coach wants reliable data to feedback with. Prozone is used by professional clubs such as Arsenal, Bayern Munich and Chelsea. Finally Easy Tag is an app which is mainly used at grass root level which allows coaches to notate at the press of a button. Creating a table using technology allows coaches to get reliable data instead of missing key pieces of information through hand writing it.
Technology has also helped football become fairer especially at the top of the game through goal line technology. This makes the game fair for sports sake. Hawk-Eye is used in many different countries for goal line technology in football. The information received from Hawk-Eye is accurate footage, which is reinforced by
this quote Hawk-Eye uses seven cameras per goal to detect the ball and claims its system is "millimetre accurate, ensuring no broadcast replays could disprove the decision" (BBC, 2013). Having accurate footage means that no one can argue the decision, which is the same when coaches performance analysis. As long as they have accurate footage the analysis they do through programmes such as LongoMatch can be used to feedback to the participants, whereas without this accurate footage the point would be invalid due to people being biased or missing data. At grass root level coaches may struggle to get high quality data as they will most probably only film the match/skill from one angle. However in professional football they film the footage from multiple angles, which helps with video analysis. Using this footage can help professional teams through tactical changes, individual instructions and injury data from replays. This can help grassroot levels as well but not to the extent of professional clubs.
Technology allows teams from around the world to analysis up and coming opponents, as games are uploaded straight to the internet so they can be analyzed. Through this analysis they can set certain training session to prepare themselves for the game; however they can also use it for talent ID and recruitment. These clubs will use sites such as Proscout, wyscoutplatform and instat. Grass root teams can get instant feedback through programmes such as Prozone, Easy Tag and
Dartfish; professional teams also use such software. Prozone is advanced software which is used to critically analysis teams such as movement. As this is advanced software it is not cheap but is reliable for coaches. By using this technology coaches will be able to show participants what they need them to do through a certain skill or match. “It’s too easy to miss what matters most” (Prozone, 2014) is a quote from the organisation, which is true if the coach wants reliable data to feedback with. Prozone is used by professional clubs such as Arsenal, Bayern Munich and Chelsea. Finally Easy Tag is an app which is mainly used at grass root level which allows coaches to notate at the press of a button. Creating a table using technology allows coaches to get reliable data instead of missing key pieces of information through hand writing it.