In addition to using VAR technology and Spidercam cameras on the 2018 World Cup title, it turns out there is one technology that is not widely known, the technology is Electronic Performance and Tracking Systems (EPTS).

EPTS is a tablet-based system that can track statistics about everything matches and players during the 2018 World Cup. This technology is needed by the coach to develop a strategy game with the players.

On the tablet, the coach will monitor the opponent's match, the opponent's team ranking and player action, all of which can be known in real time.

How do trainers get the information in real time?

The answer is that this technology works to monitor and track the movement of players with cameras that capture the sensors inside the soccer player's shirt.

All football players wear a vest inside their jersey suit which then the sensor will take the player's physical data, starting from the pulse, the weight size to the player's sugar level right away.

A total of 396 camera units are used in stadiums that connect directly with the tablets that brought the coach. The video is then processed in the control room, where there are data that is processed and then distributed to each coach tablet.

Through EPTS, the coach can see details of the player's position, the opponent's speed, the percentage of a team doing the attack. Even through EPTS, the coach can find out who the player is always doing sliding or who the player has a dangerous header.

By using EPTS technology is expected players can control and improve the performance of players with the team. This technology has actually been applied by FIFA in 1996 to help detect the goal line, ball and grass in the stadium.

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