Digital Sport’s Weekly Wash-Up 15/07/16

July 15, 2016 Toby Marriott

Sports teams create ‘Pokemon GO’ playgrounds

One minor difficulty with Pokemon GO is that some of the ‘Pokestops’ aren’t always convenient to get to. Some may be in the middle of the ocean, others in buildings that aren’t always accessible to the public, such as sports stadiums. Thankfully, sports teams are constantly looking for new and crazy ways to get people out to their stadiums, with the San Antonio Missions, Nebraska Huskers and Manchester City all deciding to let players use their homes as exclusive Pokemon playgrounds.

Guys, you don't need to jump the fence to catch Pokemon at the stadium.

We'll let you in on Thursday.

⬇️Details⬇️ pic.twitter.com/GxcFqJw3kl

— Nebraska Huskers (@Huskers) July 12, 2016

“With the popularity of this game we have noticed more and more people trying to sneak in,” Huskers Director of Marketing & Fan Experience Matt Tomjack said. “So we’re opening it up, giving everyone a chance to get their Pokemon fix and [hope that will] cut down on the trespassing.”

Manchester City are at it too:

There's a #PokemonGO Gym at the Etihad Stadium…

Who's coming to battle the Gym Leader to claim it!? #mcfc pic.twitter.com/bOO8alKaBB

— Manchester City (@ManCity) July 14, 2016

And if that isn’t enough, see how Vancouver Whitecaps have announced their latest signings. Pokemon is taking over!

de Jong and Edgar: captured ✔️ #VWFC #PokemonGo pic.twitter.com/QbZKxwPOJC

— Vancouver Whitecaps (@WhitecapsFC) July 13, 2016

Wearable tech introduced to basketball

Meet the SOLIDshot Basketball Smart Sleeve, a wearable bit of tech for basketball players to improve the consistency and form of their shots.

The sleeve includes accelerometers and gyroscopes to capture the motion of the shooting arm, which feeds into a device that puts that data through algorithms to assess a player’s shooting. Players or coaches then receive the information in real time to their device.

Wembley & EE launch the “world’s most high-tech stadium tour”

EE has developed the world’s most technologically advanced stadium tour in partnership with Wembley Stadium.

The mobile service providers have launched a connected device showcasing the latest in mobile technology, which allows visitors to see the stadium in a new light thanks to cutting-edge augmented reality and 360-degree video.

Golfing innovation on fire

Sky Sports have made it no secret that they’ve got exclusively live coverage of The Open for the first time, with a dedicated new channel and unparalleled coverage of Royal Troon.

But with broadcasters constantly finding new ways of engaging audiences with innovative coverage, it was only a matter a time before something went wrong. That’s exactly what happened today as the overhead camera at the driving range suddenly caught alight: