The soccer team Cadiz FC of the Santander League, the second division of Spanish soccer, which by this time has reported 3 cases of COVID in its ranks has officially announced that the 25 players of its first team will use during the next season smart shin guards manufactured with the inclusion of the digital platform HUMANoX Soccer in carbon fiber material that is a stronger and lighter than steel which increases protection against injuries of players at the same time that will allow to obtain and evaluate different information obtained in real time on the health and game aspects of the athletes.
The shin guards will have built-in non-invasive sensors and solutions based on Big Data and Internet of Things to perform measurements and statistical calculations to determine the player's sports performance during each official or training match and his trajectory during the season, becoming an important tool for the coaching staff to make decisions and design strategies for the good of the team and the professional development of the player.
The Spanish company Telefónica will provide the mobile connectivity platform for the transmission of the data collected, which will be processed and analyzed in real time.
What is coming
As part of an increasingly evident process of the digitalization of society that is currently underway, shin guards will be able to store information on the speed and power of shots, the number of passes, the shape and speed of movement of the player, as well as health-related measurements such as heart rate and recovery times, strength of the impacts received, calorie consumption, temperature or heart rate.
The data
350 was the initial order for shin guards made by Cadiz FC
10,000 young people are part of the team and in the future they will also use the intelligent shin guards to detect new talent.
18.000 shin guards have been requested previously by the Osasuna FC team to equip its 250 youth players of its base teams and the rest of the players belonging to affiliated and associated teams.
In 2015 the Cadiz team was a pioneer in the use of personalized shin guards for its players and coaching staff.
The intelligent shin guards generate in real time, in addition to the information, a heat map of each player.
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