Riedel RefCam backs basketball study with DBB and DSHS

Riedel Communications has deployed its RefCam for the first time in the second tier of German professional basketball. Working with the German Basketball Federation (DBB) and the German Sport University Cologne (DSHS), the head-mounted cameras were used during the game between EPG Baskets Koblenz and Bozic Estriche Knights Kirchheim. The initiative is part of a research project aimed at developing a training programme to improve referees’ decision-making and set a new standard for officiating.

The RefCam is a compact camera that captures game situations from the referee’s point of view. In Koblenz, three RefCam Record units recorded every moment for local recording, ready to support both live broadcasts and offline production.

“Working with scientific partners is essential to advancing officiating standards,” says Carsten Straube, B and C squad referee manager at DBB, explaining why innovative tools like RefCam are so valuable. Johannes Meyer, research associate at DSHS, adds that conventional cameras often fail to capture the split-second decisions referees must make. “RefCam enables us to record and analyse precisely these sequences with a high degree of realism.”

RefCam’s deployment highlights its dual value as both a tool to capture immersive game perspectives and a way to generate data that drives research.

Find out more at riedel.net