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  • First Down Laser Line Needed In Football Yesterday

    The First Down Laser and Laser Leader Line are the kind of technology that augments sports by helping to correct human error by officials and ensuring the ebb and flow of a game is not compromised by unnecessary instant replay. The LASERLINE would have prevented this delay in the Chic-fil-A Bowl game. Chick-fil-A Bowl Alan Amron,…

  • Football Helmet Sensor Technology

    Researching the topic of technology sensors in football helmets for iQ by Intel was an outstanding Sports Techie community blog opportunity. I interviewed helmet manufacturers Riddell Sports, Schutt Sports and Xenith along with an Intel spokesperson about how their company addresses helmet sensor tech. Big Data generated by high-impact collisions is being gathered with Intel…

  • HOW TO HELP YOUR KID BE A GREAT TEAM PLAYER

    Team sports start pretty early these days, with kids as young as four and five enrolling in soccer and tee ball leagues. For most kids, that’s just the beginning. They’ll go on to participate in team sports throughout their school years and sometimes into their college ones. Besides sports, being part of a team will…

  • Ways Parents Can Help Their Kids Have a Good Player-Coach Relationship

    Respect is at the center of the player-coach relationship. With a setting that is based on respectful behavior, all members of a team can thrive. A parent’s role in helping a child to have a good relationship with a coach is one of instruction, encouragement and support. Unless you, the parent, are the one doing…

  • First Down Laser Systems to enhance game of football and fans in-stadium experience with green line

    This blog about the story of First Down Laser Systems and it’s inventor is the perfect community subject matter because involves a sports technology product, the business processes it takes to make it all so, and a vision and persistence that, Alan Amron, certainly has. First Down Laser has been around for a decade. Amron…

  • 10 Rules All Soccer Moms Should Follow

    From preventing the risks associated with a sedentary lifestyle to teaching kids valuable lessons they’ll carry throughout their lives, youth sports like soccer are packed with benefits. There are also a variety of lessons that parents can learn from their child’s involvement in the sport, especially new soccer moms that aren’t quite acclimated to the…

  • Lacrosse Players on Twitter You Should Follow

    Lacrosse Players on Twitter You Should Follow Considered to be the best social media platform available, and much to the chagrin of their coaches, print and TV media, a expanding number of Lacrosse players are present and hugely popular in the Twitter mainly to promote themselves, increase fan base and be able to connect to…

  • 12 Ways to Help Your Kid Learn to be a Good Sport

    Participation in organized sports has a variety of benefits for kids, potentially boosting everything from their academic performance to their self-esteem. Kids who can’t manage their feelings after a loss or compete honorably because they’re so focused on winning, however, may not reap those benefits in the same way that their peers with good sportsmanship…

  • FIFA promises goal line technology for World Cup Brazil 2014

    FIFA has promised goal line technology for the World Cup Brazil 2014. It has been two years since FIFA began testing goal-line technology (GLT). Sports Techie was launched in time for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. I founded Sports Techie three years ago and remember blogging and tweeting about FIFA’s “Stone Age” mentality…

  • Norwich City FC and BSports partner to offer Match Analysis to Canary fans

    The Barclays Premier League team Norwich City FC and Bloomberg Sports agreed today to an analytics deal enabling their fans to use the proprietary Match Analysis football app which was launched in September. Norwich Club supporters can download this special offer with a 15% discount on the Match Analysis subscription price. Bravo to the Premier…