The Suns, like many other NBA teams, use ShotTracker and Noah Basketball to monitor mechanics. But they do so separately.
“We will be able to track Devin Booker’s fatigue and see that when he gets tired his right shoulder will collapse and can tell coach Monty he gets tired at seven minutes of straight play and to take him out so his shooting percentage doesn’t decrease,” Resch says, as a hypothetical example. “We can get as granular as that.” It all comes with the goal of ensuring players can last over 100 games while improving their performance so “our tenth man performs as well as the other team’s fifth man.
Verizon used its technology team to not only physically redesign cameras and sensors so they fit within the practice facility, but also craft a software platform that allowed these systems to work together. Mecum says that even with the abundance of tech in the sports world, nobody was marrying it together. So, Verizon took a “moonshot” to show how deploying resources makes a difference for individual sports teams, entire leagues and, eventually, the individual athlete across every level.
In keeping with the technology theme, the Suns installed a force plate with eight cameras in the training area to give players a baseline of their movements and then track progress over time, also helping staff and players understand improvement following an injury.... [+]Dustin Revella Photography Players will enjoy license plate recognition upon entry into the gated parking area and experience touchless entry and movement throughout the building. The main floor includes the practice courts, training center — complete with an area that spills outside onto turf — recovery areas with walk-in hot and cold tubs, wet sauna, showers with nine-foot-high heads and even a sensory deprivation tank. The Phoenix Mercury locker room space is on the opposite side of the courts.
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