Videobserver was invited for a class at Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias. We went to talk in Observation and Analysis class with third year students. We present some of our future projects and challenge students to do some creative work with our software in a great network of ideas. […]
Powered by Videobserver, the TV App “Europeu 2016” from Portuguese TV operator MEO, has been awarded best Tv App of the year. This app was developed for UEFA European Championship broadcasting. The 10th Edition of Navegantes XXI Awards promoted by ACEPI – Portuguese Association of Electronic Commerce and Interactive Advertising, rewarded the best eBusiness […]
Modern soccer Stopping, thinking and seeing what has changed is always an interesting exercise. Modern soccer is made up of trends and you need to know them in order to understand the game in its essence. In recent years, a paradigmatic sign of how soccer has evolved is given to us […]
The purpose of this study was to measure the degree of inter-observer reliability for the sports analysis company VO SPORTS™. The football match corresponding to the 2014 World Cup final was the sample for the study. Data was collected from 28 players, including the actions of the goalkeepers and the […]
On the titans match, the most wanted game of the Handball EHF Champions League from group C (9th round), FC Barcelona (1st) and PSG Handball (2nd) clashed in a disputed match even with both teams already through the Last 16 of the Handball EHF Champions League. The match was expected to be head to head […]
During an excellent game that promoted Handball at its highest level, the titans THW Kiel and KS Vive Targi Kielce confront each other in a game relative to the 9th round of the Group B of Handball Velux EHF Champions League leading to a 28 goals draw (13:16 halftime). Although both teams were already qualified to the Last 16 of Handball […]
The last round (10th) of the Group B of Handball EHF Champions League started with the match between THW Kiel and FC Porto Vitalis with both teams already knowing their destiny in the competition, THW Kiel (qualified to the Last 16) and FC Porto Vitalis (eliminated). THW Kiel didn’t sit back and relax, showing the reason why they had already guaranteed in […]
Sometimes people comment that coaches create complex systems, hard to assimilate. Thus, we can establish a debate, a sort of discussion between a player’s freedom within the game and the work inside a collective system. I think they are compatible and both must adapt to their own features. It’s curious […]
For coaches, finding the best way to prepare a match is a brain-busting. We spend long hours thinking about what needs to be done to win the next match. With this in mind, I intend to tell you about my work method at Naturhouse La Rioja. I will not go into physical […]
What do you value the most in a player? In this article, we will find out what coaches have to say about players. Thus, it´s also interesting for the players to know what we look for as coaches. I asked the coaches of the top 5 teams in Liga Asobal […]
This article is written by one of our former players, Unai Arrieta, who still collaborates with us, and it will be focused on sports psychology. In the following lines, I will try to clarify one of the less developed components of competitive sport: the psychological component. However, everything that will be written here will […]
Intro The counter-pressing (or the so called Gegenpressing) is growing in European football. This is a kind of pressure made after losing the ball, and unlike most of the teams that after losing the ball try to move back the lines and readjust quickly on the back, teams practising counter-pressing […]
Since Antonio Conte switched to 1-3-4-3, Chelsea has been unstoppable, with several wins and emphatic performances against top opponents. One team after the other, all fell down, while Chelsea is assuming itself as the leading candidate to the title. Since the switch, Chelsea has 12 wins, 28 goals scored and 2 conceded […]
Offensive Process “The French should be happy that he left, because now they have a league.” This was how José Mourinho referred to Zlatan Ibrahimovic departure from PSG and consequently, to the increased competitiveness within the French League. Leonardo Jardim´s Monaco has been taking advantage of this, being currently in 1st place […]
With three official matches for TSV 1860 München, the Portuguese manager has 2 defeats and 1 victory, having been eliminated from the German Cup by the 3rd division sensation team, Lotte, that also left behind Bayer Leverkusen and Werder Bremen. Despite the poor results so far, Vítor Pereira is a man […]