Germany’s national team uses SAP 'sSAP.XE -0.91% Match Insight tool to help players make adjustments to position, ball handing and speed.
 
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As Germany prepares for Sunday’s World Cup final against Argentina, it will have Big Data on its side.
To gain a competitive edge, the team partnered with German software giant SAP AG to create a custom match analysis tool that collects and analyzes massive amounts of player performance data.
The tool, called Match Insights, analyzes video data from on-field cameras capable of capturing thousands of data points per second, including player position and speed. That data then goes into an SAP database that runs analytics and allows coaches to target performance metrics for specific players and give them feedback via their mobile devices.