The Raptors on Tuesday showed off their new multimedia analytic board at the OVO Athletic Centre, which is "able to show game or practice footage as well as next-level stats," according to Neil Davidson of the CP. The screen, "comprised of 448 video boards," stretches "37 metres long and three metres high on a wall alongside one of its practice courts" at the facility. Thanks to "face recognition and eight cameras mounted above each basket," it can "track and document a player’s shooting motion, even voicing the numerical arc, depth or straightness of a shot." The shot data from Noah Basketball "uses computer-vision technology and proprietary algorithms." The screen also "showed rebounding and deflection statistics from the Raptors’ last outing, plus other information gleaned from the league." It can also be used for “special messaging,” from "goals to mantras." The information from Noah has "proved to be a good fit for the board." Previously that data would "have to be located then printed out to show to a player via iPad, paper or perhaps text." The Raptors have a "full-time research, development and analytics team," and during practice, staff is "on hand to switch videos as needed or match it with data that might track ball rotation where the ball enters the rim or how fast the ball’s release was" (CP, 10/11).
From SportTechie: Noah Basketball helps out with real-time shot metrics at Raptors' facility.
