{"id":179684,"date":"2026-09-08T10:49:50","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T01:49:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=179684&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2026-09-08T11:10:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T02:10:23","slug":"hawks-open-player-analysis-lab-at-paypay-dome","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/hawks-open-player-analysis-lab-at-paypay-dome\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawks open player-analysis lab at PayPay Dome"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks completed a new R&#038;D Lab at Mizuho PayPay Dome Fukuoka and opened it to the media on Sept. 7. R&#038;D stands for research and development, and the facility will use data analysis and scientific methods to support player improvement. The roughly 500 million yen lab is equipped with high-speed cameras and other advanced equipment. It can analyze players\u2019 movements in detail, including how force is transferred through the body, and is scheduled to begin full operations next season. The Hawks plan to use the visualized data to improve the team\u2019s performance. <strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/news.tnc.co.jp\/news\/articles\/NID2026090731960\" target=\"_blank\">TNC News<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.softbankhawks.co.jp\/news\/detail\/202601088209.html\" target=\"_blank\">Softbank Hawks<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/fnn_softbank-hawks-analysis-lab_2026_cl.jpg?resize=1000%2C667&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-179687\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/fnn_softbank-hawks-analysis-lab_2026_cl.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/fnn_softbank-hawks-analysis-lab_2026_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/fnn_softbank-hawks-analysis-lab_2026_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><br \/>\nPhoto: Softbank Hawks<\/p>\n<p>Get Fukuoka and Kyushu\u2019s top stories delivered to your inbox. The Now is Fukuoka Now\u2019s free biweekly newsletter featuring local news, events, culture, business, and community updates in English. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\">Subscribe to The Now<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\">this <strong>form<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks completed a new R&#038;D Lab at Mizuho PayPay Dome Fukuoka and opened it to the media on Sept. 7. R&#038;D stands for research and development, and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30292,"featured_media":179687,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-179684","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-chuo-ku","location-fukuoka-city","news-category-general","news-category-sports","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/179684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30292"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179684"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/179687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}