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Making amateur footballers better

A start-up company in canton Vaud has developed a device to track amateur footballers' movements and performance on the pitch. (SRF/swissinfo.ch)

Such technology has been used by major professional clubs for some time. Sophisticated electronics integrated into a transmitter on the player’s back record his position and heart frequency, as well as how fast and far he runs.

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