Which Forms of Technology are Driving Hockey into the Future?
15 May 2021 | eurohockey.com
The NHL is adopting more and more tech by the year. A lot of this comes down to the fact that they now have a much bigger budget, but at the same time, there are smaller leagues that are now adopting tech in an attempt to stay ahead of the curve. If you want to find out more about tech and the advancements that have been made then the only thing that you need to do is take a look below.

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Analytics & Tracking
In this day and age,
there’s no need for you to stay up during the night studying videos. Now it’s
more than possible for you to gain a solid understanding of the match dynamics
and how things work. The NHL for example is now sampling a puck and play
system. This helps to track the amount of progress that players are making and
it also means that players can be tracked in real-time as well. It's also able
to track speed, acceleration and distance. This gives teams a good idea of how
they can improve the capabilities of different players and it also helps to
reduce injuries.
Tech is Affecting Sports Betting
It would also seem
that tech is having a huge impact on sports betting. It’s helping people to
know and understand how to engage fans more and of course, you have legal
sports wagering. It won’t be long before punters are going to have real-time
information integrated withbetting
sites so that they can keep up with the latest advancements. Companies are
currently sampling a graphical visualisation of how they can present this data
so that they can give the best user experience possible. The sources of the
data are of course, embedded with chips and this tracks the player as they
work.
5G Wireless Advancements
Another huge boost to
the wagering industry is the rollout of a5G network. This is going to be done across
the entire UK as well as across North America. Of course, 5G is going to have
quite a lot of capacity when it comes to simultaneous connections and it is
also going to work wonders for latency speeds too. If you are one of those
people who want faster refresh rates when watching sports then this is going to
be huge. This would of course, have a very appreciative impact on how fans are
able to engage with matches when they are sitting inside a stadium. It may be
that they can place bets while the match is happening from their phone or that
they can view data as it is generated in-game.
Equipment
Wearable technology chips just go to show how
tech is being applied to equipment and clothing. Sticks and kit are certainly
very different to how things were ten or twenty years ago. Everything is
stronger and more lightweight, not to mention that the pucks are able to
transfer way more energy as well. This translates to a game that can be played
faster and harder.