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Institute for Exercise Training and Sport Informatics receives further EXIST funding: N12 Tactics aims to revolutionize match analysis in soccer
Professional match analysis in soccer is usually reserved for professional players. Professional clubs employ their own match analysis teams and use expensive analysis tools. Amateur footballers often cannot afford this and are left out in the cold. The Cologne-based start-up N12 Tactics wants to close this gap. The team wants to facilitate access to professional match analysis with innovative software solutions. Thanks to artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), tactical analysis should now be accessible to everyone.
To achieve this, the Institute of Exercise Training and Sport Informatics has acquired an EXIST grant of approximately 150,000 euros for one year, which is financed by Projektträger Jülich (Sustainable Development and Innovation, Start-up, Transfer and Innovation Funding) and Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH. "Tactics are not only crucial for coaches, but also for players. Our software helps to take understanding the game to a new level," explains Prof. Dr. Daniel Memmert, Executive Head of the Institute of Exercise Training and Sport Informatics at the German Sport University Cologne. As the scientific mentor of the N12 Tactics team, he contributes his expertise from various current AI and ML projects funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) to the project.
The start-up's two core products "Frames" and "Patterns" make it possible to automatically segment match scenes, analyze positioning and create tactical concepts interactively - whether on the pitch, in the dressing room or from the comfort of your own home. "Frames" allows coaches and analysts to analyze games in real time and automatically highlight key moments. "Patterns", on the other hand, is designed as the perfect addition for mobile devices: It allows coaches to visualize their tactics and make them directly accessible to the players: mobile, fast, user-friendly. Particularly innovative: the software automatically simulates movements of the opposing teams and the optimal goalkeeper positioning - "a unique function on the market to date", emphasizes N12 Tactics.
Behind the project are Ryosuke Yano (M.A. Sport, Media and Communication Research, German Sport University Cologne), Erik Tabuchi Barczak (research assistant at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) and Gota Shirato (University of Bonn), who are contributing their many years of experience in soccer analysis, software development and AI to the start-up. The team is supported by the German Sport University Cologne, in particular by the "Transfer and Foundation" department, whose expertise in the field of innovation and foundation has contributed significantly to the successful acquisition of funds. "Without this valuable help, the project would not have been possible in this form," emphasizes Daniel Memmert. With a growing social media community of over 700,000 followers and initial collaborations with international clubs, N12 Tactics hopes to play a decisive role in shaping the digital transformation of soccer.
A board of advisors supports the start-up team with content expertise and provides advice; the board consists of Prof. Dr. Daniel Memmert (Institute of Exercise Training and Sport Informatics, mentor), Hiroshi Miyazawa (coach of Mumbai City FC in India and former player of Sanfreece Hiroshima, Shonan Bellmare and JEF United Chiba in Japan) and Wynton Rufer (former soccer player of the New Zealand national team as well as Werder Bremen and 1. FC Kaiserslautern).
Prof. Dr. Daniel Memmert
Institute of Exercise Training and Sport Informatics
d.memmert@dshs-koeln.de
+49 221 4982-4330
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