So, how do they know how far the players run

[Wilf]

Every games had a little box appear on the screen late second half - player x 8.88 k, player y 8.32 k, Ronaldo £88 million etc.

How the fuck do they do that? Must have some sort of tracking thing - click on the player on the screen and it follows them throughout the game. But hows that work?? Can't work with the standard telly pictures because they don't cover the whole pitch all the time. And hows it manage to track (presumably) 20 players at once?? Or do they make it up?

 

[mauvais]

We wondered the same thing - chips in the boots?

 

[Wilf]

We wondered the same thing - chips in the boots?

If there was ronaldo would have wanted a £3 million parking fee for it. I'd have inserted it where Real would never have found it.

 

[_pH_]

tiny satnavs in the players brains

 

[Wilf]

tiny satnavs in the players brains

"At the centre circle, turn right. TURN RIGHT. Proceed along the Southern touchline till upended by a tall German."

 

[_pH_]

"At the centre circle, turn right. TURN RIGHT. Proceed along the Southern touchline till upended by a tall German."

Heh

Can tomtoms be programmed to include that at random intervals?

 

[Wilf]

Heh

Can tomtoms be programmed to include that at random intervals?

Holland's satnav must have been in for repair by Quickfit

 

[_pH_]

Holland's satnav must have been in for repair by Quickfit

I have no idea what that means. My post #4 was possibly my first post EVER in the sports forum

 

[Wilf]

I have no idea what that means. My post #4 was possibly my first post EVER in the sports forum

I'm not exactly a regular myself. A combination of beer and pills has made me bold.

 

[twistedAM]

I'm not exactly a regular myself. A combination of beer and pills has made me bold.

It's actually quite a friendly forum given the emotions involved.

 

[_pH_]

It's actually quite a friendly forum given the emotions involved.

What? No fights and hooliganism? Oh How disappointing.

 

[Dirty Martini]

I guess they would just have an aerial view of the pitch and attach a fairly straightforward computer programme to the action.

 

[mattie]

They just make it up.

 

[Buds]

Prozone stats innit.

 

[Maggot]

I guess they would just have an aerial view of the pitch and attach a fairly straightforward computer programme to the action.

Good guess, but does anyone actually know?

 

[Silva]

I remember seeing a report about a high-end software for managers, which requires two (or four, don't remember exactly right now) stationary panoramic cameras and a computer that tracks a "body space" box surrounding each player locked at the start of the match (when all players are standing still).
Then, It processed everything into a radar field (like, say, FM), and only required the occasional reset on the the boxes (after confusing plays) and some help to distinguish between some passes and shots.

While this seems a bit too much for clubs, I'm pretty sure TV stations have the means and personnel to keep those things running smoothly.

 

[kained&able]

They use an us navy targeting sytem called hawk eye which works it all out.

do you people not remember townsends tactic truck?


dave