AIFF, PSV Eindhoven tie up on the cards
AIFF, PSV Eindhoven tie up on the cards By Armstrong Vaz Eindhoven, Holland: Technological developments are only given lip service in traditional sports like soccer, despite the gains that can be made from technology. But not with Dutch champions PSV Eindhoven. The 1988 Champions League winners have set up a state-of-the-art Sports Lab, a training facilitator that would be constantly able monitor the players’ progress at their De Herdgang, the training complex of PSV. “Players wear special bibs with a transponder, a transmitter that communicates with a number of electronic beacons positioned around the periphery of the pitch. Since the communication involves several of these beacons, the computer can calculate the position of the players to an accuracy of five centimeters. With each point measured being coupled to a point in time, the system can easily and automatically determine the speed and even the acceleration of the players,” informed Peter Rovers, Mana...