Barcelona coach Luis Enrique Controls everything in
Barcelona , Blaugrana coach does not want to get lax, such as last season with
Tata Martino, Among the new things used this season in Barcelona is one of the
devices that record everything a player does of statistics and so on.
And the coaching staff to Barcelona using a system under the
name "Viper iPod" and the company, which established it is Northern
Ireland "Sports statistics" and is used by
the Catalans in the
trainings and friendly matches.
The device is small tool (less than 50 grams, 0.33 cm in
width and 86 in length) and the players wearing under the shirt , it is more
than just a GPS: it has four processors send all information to the computers
of technical staff.
In addition to the usual standards (mileage, average speed
and maximum heart rate) "the snake" device provides details for each
athlete fatigue index or time spent in the "red zone" when a
specified time is exceeded by 85% of the maximum number of heartbeats .
it measures also the minimum representation of food for each
player and the energy expenditure and the effects suffered by players during a
training session, and the technical staff can correct in the pitch exercises type.
Richard Byrne director of the company that manufactured the
device says: "It helps a lot to prevent injuries, for example. Do you know
if a player tends more to support the left leg on the right, and the coach can
expect and know the type of injury that may occur to the player in the coming
days" .
In this context, the technical staff of coach Luis Enrique give
particular attention to the changes in pace (acceleration and deceleration) for
each player, a work which often leads to problems in the muscles.
The company operates in Northern Ireland, which was founded
in 2007 with many of the professional teams (English Premier League clubs and
Italian, in addition to NBA basketball, and England Rugby).
