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For this post, I am going to write about surveillance in baseball from a video feedback side that is used in baseball for player development. I am making this connection because I have a desire to work in professional baseball and have a strong personal background in this field.
To begin, video feedback in baseball has been continually growing field. It started off with camcorders being placed remotely around the baseball field to capture the data on an SD card. From their, the video file on the SD card would need to be uploaded to a computer to begin watching the file. Once the film is uploaded, video programs would need to be used to clip the video frame-by-frame. This process could take hours to complete. However, in the past few years, technology has expedited this process. Now, we have video cameras that are put up with WiFi capability and synced to an iPad. This has allowed for individuals to manually clip the video feed and place it on a server within minutes. This has allowed for individuals to go in and watch their at-bats or pitches any time they want.
This is just one of many examples that is being used to expedite player development in baseball. It is crazy to see how far we have come in technology for baseball. I remember when I was little that it would have been an ground breaking tool if we had the amount of technology that is being thrown around the game. This goes from rapsodo, to hit trax, to track man, to many other tools that provide analytical data to improves one's game in baseball. I can't wait to see where the game evolves within the next 10 years.
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Hi Ryan! I really liked that you took this weeks topic and related it to the field that you want to be in. I think this was a really great idea and a great connection. Before reading your post I really wouldn't have known much about video feedback in baseball so I liked learning a little bit about it and how it's used. Good job on this weeks material!
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ReplyDeleteI like that you were able to relate the topic for the week to something you know more about so that you can better understand it. I watch a lot of professional tennis, and the replay system they are able to use to determine if a shot was in or out when a player challenges a call is amazing. It's good to look at the positive ways that surveillance is being used too.