TECHNOLOGY IN SOCCER
1. Hawk-Eye Technology
- The Hawk-Eye Technology was supposed to be in use by 2008, but the project was postponed due to complications.
- The Technology is used in tennis to determine whether or not the ball was hit in or out. The technology is going to be used to determine whether the ball is in or out, but in soccer. The technology's information will be transferred to the referee via an audible beep on a watch within half of a second.
HOW IT OPERATES -
- Cameras are hung along a line suspended above the playing field, parallel to the out of bounds line. The cameras use a special sensor and are programmed so that whenever something matching the soccer ball's measurement crosses the line, it sends a signal to the referee's watch, which triggers and audible beep.
2. Smart Ball
- A new project that is going in the soccer world is known as the smart ball. The ball has a computer chip inside that will relay information to a watch-like device on the referee.
- The network was developed by several German companies and Adidas. The information that would be relayed to the ref includes when the ball goes out of bounds and when it crosses the goal line.
HOW IT OPERATES -
- The chip inside the smart ball sends a signal to a reciever on the referee's watch whenever the ball crosses the out of bounds line or goal line. How does it know? There are sensor-cameras placed in the stadium at a certain angle so that it is clear when the ball crosses any line that marks the out of bounds.
- The network was developed by several German companies and Adidas. The information that would be relayed to the ref includes when the ball goes out of bounds and when it crosses the goal line.
HOW IT OPERATES -
- The chip inside the smart ball sends a signal to a reciever on the referee's watch whenever the ball crosses the out of bounds line or goal line. How does it know? There are sensor-cameras placed in the stadium at a certain angle so that it is clear when the ball crosses any line that marks the out of bounds.
3. Goal Line Technology
- For as long as soccer has been around, decisions on whether the ball crossed the goal line or not have been up to the referee's eye. Now, they have developed a new technology to determine whether the ball has crossed the line or not.
- This is a tremendous help to referees and makes their job easier. Also, it could decide the fate of the outcome of a game depending on whether the ball went across or not. But there are some key requirements that need to happen in order for the Goal Line technology to be totally effective.
- The International Football Association Board has come up with several things that need to happen in order for them to agree to put the technology into use :
- - - The technology can only apply to goal-line situations.
- - - The device needs to be 100% accurate at all times.
- - - The signal that the referee recieves must be almost simultaneous to when the ball crosses the line.
- - - The signal is only sent to the referees officiating the game.
- HOW IT OPERATES
- This technology operates very similarly to the Hawk-Eye Technology. Cameras are hung on aerial wires above the field and detect whenever the ball crosses. Instead of a watch, there is a device worn on the hip that vibrates when the ball crosses the line.
- This is a tremendous help to referees and makes their job easier. Also, it could decide the fate of the outcome of a game depending on whether the ball went across or not. But there are some key requirements that need to happen in order for the Goal Line technology to be totally effective.
- The International Football Association Board has come up with several things that need to happen in order for them to agree to put the technology into use :
- - - The technology can only apply to goal-line situations.
- - - The device needs to be 100% accurate at all times.
- - - The signal that the referee recieves must be almost simultaneous to when the ball crosses the line.
- - - The signal is only sent to the referees officiating the game.
- HOW IT OPERATES
- This technology operates very similarly to the Hawk-Eye Technology. Cameras are hung on aerial wires above the field and detect whenever the ball crosses. Instead of a watch, there is a device worn on the hip that vibrates when the ball crosses the line.