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Imagine that. World Cup Final, Germany vs Netherlands. Penalty shootout. Götze takes the decisive penalty. The weight of the nation rested on his shoulders. Would you like to know what the German football player's heart rate is or would you like to see the penalty through his eyes? Would you like to know how fast he sent the penalty? It may sound like the features of the next part of the famous football simulation FIFA, but this is what the future could look like, and these are just fragments of how wearable electronics can change football. After all, players already have special jerseys that scan their body during training. Unfortunately, these "conveniences" are not yet allowed in league matches. But we don't have to stop at the players, because the pioneers of wearables in football are the referees.

A year ago, when the World Cup started in Brazil, there was a lot of talk about the deployment of camera referees, but the most speculation was about German technology Goal-line technology. It is a technology of placing cameras that precisely capture the goal line and if there is a questionable moment, i.e. it is not known whether the ball has crossed the goal line or not, this technology is put into play and if the ball was completely behind the line, the referee's watch vibrates to signal a goal. At that time, the FIFA board of directors was divided into two halves. The one that is in favor of Goal-line technology and the other side that claims that these technologies will only ruin football. Did the cameras ruin the game?ance hockey? No, hockey has become much more fair-play game than ever before.

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Historically the first use of Goal-line technology

But we have other cases where wearables are really improving football. For example, the German company Adidas is putting technology into its football boots miCoach, when the sensor in the boot collects data such as your steps, the power of the shot and the like, and then you can view them easily via a mobile application. It can be seen that Adidas wants to make football a smarter sport and this is backed up for example by its latest piece of technology, which Adidas simply called miCoach Smart Ball. You probably already know what it is from the name. The ball gives you information about your kicks and flight speed, etc. You can then simply view all the data in the aforementioned application. He also bets on the ball Apple, because he started selling it on his official website apple.com. If you are interested in it, it can be yours for almost five and a half thousand crowns.

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miCoach Smart Ball

These are all just snippets of how modern wearables can change such a widespread sport as football. It's a step in the right direction for me. What is your opinion?

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