Why do soccer players wear "bras" during training?
The black shirt, which looks like a sports bra, records the player's stats to provide appropriate training methods and avoid injuries.
On social media, defender Maya Yoshida,The captain of the Japanese team - Vietnam's opponent in the quarter-finals of the Asian Cup on the evening of January 24 - often shares his training process. In many photos, Yoshida and his teammates at the clubSouthamptonboth wore a black short-sleeved shirt that looked like a sports bra over a t-shirt.
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Yoshida wears a "bra" while training with Southampton FC. Photo:Instagram |
According toWashington PostThese black shirts are actually smart devices, used to measure players' performance on the field.made of neoprene.
With the GPS system, the shirt records all necessary information about the player such as speed,heart rate, body temperature,distance traveled, acceleration ability and immediately transmitted to the computer. Thanks to that, the coaching staff gives reasonable training methods, instructs players to correct movement errors to prevent injuries.
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Analysis table of player's indexes recorded by performance measuring shirt. Photo:Medium |
In addition to the outerwear, there are also thinner shirts worn under the playing uniform. Players often choose the latter when taking to the field.
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Footballer Ibrahimovic wears a "bra" under his playing uniform. Photo:Twitter. |
In fact, these performance-measuring shirts are not new. In 2013, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, then playing for Paris Saint-Germain, revealed his "bra" during a match against Real Madrid.
A representative of technology company Catapult Sports revealed that a series of football clubs such as Borussia Dortmund, AC Milan, Atletico Madrid, Chelsea, and Bayern Munich all let their players use this "bra" technology.
