#ICYMI – How Technology Is Changing Football

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🗓️ 9 March 2017

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Find out how helmet sensors, virtual reality, big data and radio controlled tackling dummies are revolutionizing football with hosts Gary O’Reilly and Chuck Nice. Guests include Neil Tyson, NY Jets QB Ryan Fitzpatrick, Dartmouth coach Buddy Teevens, more. Don’t miss an episode of Playing with Science. Subscribe on: iTunes Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/playing-with-science/id1198280360?mt=2 Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/startalk/playing-with-science TuneIn: http://tunein.com/radio/Playing-with-Science-p952100/ SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/startalk_playing-with-science GooglePlay Music: https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Iimke5bwpoh2nb25swchmw6kzjq NOTE: StarTalk All-Access subscribers can watch or listen to this entire episode commercial-free. Find out more at https://www.startalkradio.net/startalk-all-access/

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0:00.0	I'm Gary O'Reilly.
0:03.4	And I'm Chuck Nice.
0:04.7	And this is playing with science.
0:07.0	Today we are looking at the cutting edge tech that is changing football at every level.
0:22.2	NFL has been late to the party when it comes to big data and its analytics, but now it's
0:27.6	game on.
0:28.8	We're talking player tracking, bio data and virtual reality training that are revolutionising
0:34.5	the way players and coaches do their thing.
0:37.2	The guy is responsible for bringing up all this technical ecstasy.
0:41.6	Our today's guests, Jill Stelfogs, VP of Zebra Technologies, whose organization is changing
0:47.8	the way coaches go about their game day strategies and much, much more.
0:51.9	I love the way you say Zebra.
0:54.1	That's awesome.
0:55.0	Okay.
0:55.4	Yeah.
0:55.9	And Derek Bells, CEO and co-founder of Striver, is one of the men behind the VR training
1:00.8	sensation that is sweeping through the world of football and Buddy Teamans head coach at
1:06.0	Dartmouth College, who's actually benefiting from the appliance of this science.
1:12.0	And as a special bonus, we have Neil deGrasse Tyson talking to New York Jets quarterback
1:15.8	and all-round smart guy at Ryan Fitzpatrick.
1:18.4	Yes.
1:19.4	So stick around.
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