With the cancellations of sports leagues across the world following the COVID pandemic, it goes without saying that sports have not been immune to the precautions needed to slow the spread. Luckily, companies like Trackman and Blast Motion could be stepping up to the plate and playing a pivotal role in maintaining the standards of sports while sports fans wait eagerly for their return. Since the beginning of the worldwide lockdowns, these sports analytics technologies have already proved vital in helping coaches and athletes maintain their game while they are off the field. By collecting video and physiological analytics, through cameras and sensors and synchronizing this data, the devices are able to produce all the information necessary to judge swing efficiency and predictive results of contact. This information can be used by the coaches to aid the athletes in minor adjustments needed to perfect his or her swing.
However, the possible applications of this technology do not stop there. With the cancellation of different showcases, draft combines, and other events vital to the recruiting process, scouts must determine new and innovative ways to obtain valuable information and statistics about their prospects. These sports analytics companies may just hold the solution, and their patent data shows that they might know it. Both companies have shown interest in becoming a tool for recruiters in the past, and their high patent activity between 2018 and 2020 shows they have been focusing on refining their technology to be able to enter the market. Top college baseball programs across the US already employ these technologies, but in a post-COVID world this technology may change from a privilege to a necessity. Learn more about the patent activity of these companies and others in the sports analytics sector using Magic Number’s Sports Analytics Patent Forecast®.
