Where data helps – and reach its limits – Diepresse.com

If Manuel Ortlechner Thinks about the beginnings of his active football career, today’s sports director of the Viennese Austria feels a completely different time. What seemed absolutely illusory in training and match operation 25 years ago is now a lived everyday life. And that doesn’t mean the classic lactate test. « It is crazy how it is now working with players, how everything has changed, » says Ortlechner. The use of technical aids of all kinds and the meticulous evaluation of data has become the indispensable tool of the most popular sport in the world.

At the distribution group near the home of the Austria films, drones of every training session. The bird’s eye view provides a completely different perspective and the coaching team provides valuable information in video analysis. The players wear special, with one GPS-Sender and sensors equipped. They document everything in real time. Each movement is recorded, distances, speed, acceleration and slowdown in numbers are cast. In addition, essential physiological parameters such as heart rate and stress patterns flow into the player’s data profile.