News is going around that, German Soccer Team used SAP's Match Insights technology extensively in the run-up to the World Cup and for that matter each of these games covered here.
The software, it seems, crunched through massive data sets coming from the Video cameras, covering the player movements, passes, holding time and what not.
In the context of Lean, what attracted my attention was this bit of information posted in the article.
"For the German national team, one of their key targets ahead of the World Cup was to improve their passing speed. With the help of SAP's Match Insights technology, the team was able to reduce average possession time from 3.4 seconds in 2010 down to 1.1 second in 2014."
This focus, helped them immensely in their win against Brazil, even though the possession of Brazlians was higher than that of Germans.
Certainly quick turn-around in passing (and I guess effective handover) helped Germans immensely.
The software, it seems, crunched through massive data sets coming from the Video cameras, covering the player movements, passes, holding time and what not.
In the context of Lean, what attracted my attention was this bit of information posted in the article.
"For the German national team, one of their key targets ahead of the World Cup was to improve their passing speed. With the help of SAP's Match Insights technology, the team was able to reduce average possession time from 3.4 seconds in 2010 down to 1.1 second in 2014."
This focus, helped them immensely in their win against Brazil, even though the possession of Brazlians was higher than that of Germans.
Certainly quick turn-around in passing (and I guess effective handover) helped Germans immensely.
