尊敬的用戶您好，這是來自FT中文網的溫馨提示：如您對更多FT中文網的內容感興趣，請在蘋果應用商店或谷歌應用市場搜尋「FT中文網」，下載FT中文網的官方應用。
Yes, elite sport is about passion, determination, superhuman levels of fitness and moments of inexplicable genius. But it’s also now just as importantly about data. When Artem Dovbyk ripped off his shirt to celebrate scoring the winning goal against Sweden in Euro 2020 last week he revealed what looked like a sports bra; in fact, that piece of kit contained a GPS tracker monitoring his every move. These devices have been about for a number of years now, with the information gathered being crunched, analysed and used by managers to fine tune every aspect of their players’ future performances.
是的，競技體育是關於激情、決心、超人的體能水準和難以言表的天才時刻。但現在數據也同樣重要。當多夫比克(Artem Dovbyk)在上週的2020年歐洲盃上撕下他的襯衫來慶祝對瑞典的勝利進球時，他露出了一個看起來像運動胸罩的東西；事實上，那件裝備包含一個GPS跟蹤器，監測他的一舉一動。這些設備已經存在了很多年，收集到的資訊被壓縮、分析，並被教練團隊用來微調他們球員未來表現的各個方面。
But given that football is also, about, well, kicking, wouldn’t it make more sense to hide these sensors in the boots. That’s exactly what Tel-Aviv-based startup Playermaker has created. Its strap-on devices for football boots are endorsed by Arsène Wenger and used by a small but growing number of football clubs. Each Playermaker strap packs a six-axis motion sensor to sample movement 1,000 times a second. This way, in combination with a coach’s iPhone (an Android app is said to be coming), players can measure and compare their performance in a wide variety of football-relevant parameters including impact with the ground, foot rotation, ball releases, possession, kick velocity, time on the ball, number of sprints, distance covered, top speed, accelerations, decelerations and work rate.
但是，鑑於足球是要用腳來踢的，把這些傳感器藏在靴子裏不是更有意義嗎？這正是位於以色列特拉維夫的創業公司Playermaker所創造的。其用於足球靴的綁帶裝置得到了前阿森納傳奇教練溫格的認可，並被少數但越來越多的足球俱樂部使用。每條Playermaker帶子都裝有一個六軸運動傳感器，每秒對運動進行1000次採樣。這樣，結合教練的iPhone（據說安卓程式即將推出），球員可以測量和比較他們在各種足球相關參數方面的表現，包括與地面的撞擊、腳部旋轉、球的釋放、控球、踢球速度、帶球時間、衝刺次數、覆蓋距離、最高速度、加速、減速和動作頻率。
With straps on each boot, you can also learn your kick velocity for each leg. Our test footballer, a 15-year-old being eyed by a Premiership club, was pleased and encouraged to learn that while he thought his right leg was dominant, he was actually kicking faster with his left. Playermaker can also enable you, if you dare, to compare yourself with average performance stats of professionals. Test footballer’s advice: “Don’t if you want to avoid being discouraged.”
透過每隻靴子上的帶子，你還可以瞭解你每條腿的踢球速度。我們的測試球員，一個被一家英超俱樂部看中的15歲男孩，很高興和鼓舞地發現，雖然他認爲自己的右腿是優勢，但實際上他用左腿踢得更快。如果你有勇氣，玩家制造者還可以讓你將自己與職業球員的平均表現數據進行比較。測試足球運動員的建議：「如果你不想受打擊，就不要這樣做。」
Playermaker UNO Kit, £199, playermakeruno.co.uk
Playermaker UNO套裝，199英鎊。playermakeruno.co.uk