{"id":342378,"date":"2017-05-31T20:31:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-31T12:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2017\/05\/31\/cricket-bat-sensor-swing-tracking-champions-trophy\/21|22119063"},"modified":"2017-05-31T20:31:00","modified_gmt":"2017-05-31T12:31:00","slug":"cricketers-will-use-smart-bats-to-track-their-performances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/cricketers-will-use-smart-bats-to-track-their-performances\/","title":{"rendered":"Cricketers will use smart bats to track their performances"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The sensors, developed by Intel and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.speculur.com\/\">sports startup Specular<\/a>, will measure the bat&#8217;s speed and angle during back-lift, impact and follow-through. The figures will then be transmitted for immediate analysis by coaches and broadcasters. Like Hawk-Eye, a widely adopted sports camera system, this should lead to detailed visualisations during each game. Studio pundits can explain a player&#8217;s performance, suggest how they could improve and compare their technique to previous tournaments. Similarly, coaches can use this information to fine-tune training sessions and strategies.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/URGstH46-dg\" width=\"640\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Swing-sensing chips are new for cricket, however similar technology has been used in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2016\/04\/05\/zepp-2-hands-on\/\">baseball bats<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2014\/08\/21\/sonys-smart-tennis-sensor-will-outfit-rackets-in-the-us-and-can\/\">tennis racquets<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/tech\/2016\/11\/18\/teeing-off-with-first-smart-golf-club.html\">golf clubs<\/a> for years. It&#8217;s an alluring concept \u2014 why waste time perfecting a technique through trial and error alone? Or spend an extortionate amount on a trainer, when a wearable could provide similar insights? There&#8217;s something to be said for a seasoned coach, of course, but the added benefits of performance tracking are hard for professional players to ignore. Specular says a consumer version of its &#8220;BatSense&#8221; chip will be out later this year \u2014 so if you want to learn to bat like Chris Gayle, you&#8217;ll soon have the option of a digital trainer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/o.aolcdn.com\/dims-shared\/dims3\/GLOB\/crop\/4312x2528+0+0\/resize\/1600x938!\/format\/jpg\/quality\/85\/http:\/\/o.aolcdn.com\/hss\/storage\/midas\/340e0c0b4a5886e58e7a50261ccedd21\/205326355\/england-batsman-ben-stokes-picks-up-some-runs-during-the-2nd-royal-picture-id689264768\" \/>Cricket is a game of technique. Throwing the perfect out-swinger, or hitting a clean square drive takes a tremendous amount of practice and skill. If you&#039;re watching a professional match at home, it can be hard to keep up with the mind games or under&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5817,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[27,59,26],"class_list":["post-342378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media","tag-engadget","tag-media","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5817"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=342378"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342378\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=342378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=342378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=342378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}