Doug Lemov's field notes

Reflections on teaching, literacy, coaching, and practice.

05.29.13 Smart Ball: Cool! But Tell Me How You’ll Use It?

Just reading up this morning on adidas’ new Smart Ball, which gives players feedback on their striking of said ball though an iphone app. It tells you speed, spin rate, spin axis, trajectory, contact location, and amount of bend after the ball makes contact with the foot. On the cool side, it’s, well, cool.  On the real…