Momentum rapidly is building for the 2024 WNBA season. Let’s catch up on the recent W-related news.
WNBA partners with Second Spectrum
On Tuesday, the WNBA announced a multi-year partnership with Second Spectrum, which will provide optical tracking in all WNBA arenas. The WNBA will be the only women’s pro sports league in the United States with league-wide advanced tracking.
With the data gleaned from three-dimensional player- and ball-tracking, WNBA teams can engage in more sophisticated analysis of team strengths, weaknesses and strategies.
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The #WNBA is bringing optical tracking to the league through a partnership with Second Spectrum.
Each WNBA arena will use cameras to collect low-latency, 3D player pose and ball tracking data. This will greatly help player and team analytics and coaching strategies. pic.twitter.com/YCo3FTVJM6
— Meghan L. Hall (@ItsMeghanLHall) March 5, 2024
On the partnership, Commissioner Cathy Engelbert said:
Technology continues to fundamentally change the sports landscape. Deploying state-of-the-art optical tracking technology through Genius Sports will deliver rich data to our teams that they can leverage to enhance player performance while informing in-game strategy and enable a new wave of insights and media elements for…
