One of the world's most advanced pieces of sports science technology has been released on the Australian open market to revolutionise grassroots coaching.
The GPS tracking technology, released by PLAYR, combines sports data collection and analytics with personalised advice.
The ambition is to allow amateur coaches with small budgets and little understanding of sports data to achieve similar results to those accomplishable with a sports scientist.
The strength lies in PLAYR's Squad feature, which PLAYR says, allows coaches to reap the benefits of the system, without having to take responsibility for the technology involved.
"It allows coaches and academies to monitor team and individual progress without needing to own and operate the technology themselves," PLAYR says.
"As the first performance technology solution to combine GPS tracking with personalised sports science advice, PLAYR brings the expertise used by elite footballers to players at all levels."
In addition to team stats and heat-mapping, the football-specific technology prides itself on marketing directly to players.
PLAYR's objective is to use language that relates directly to the footballers themselves, allowing them to take a leading role in their own physical improvement.
At its heart is a GPS technology platform used by some of the world's most prominent football clubs, from Real Madrid and Bayer Leverkusen to Western Sydney Wanderers.
The A-League club's focus on the minutiae of data collection became renowned under Tony Popovic, with their focus on skin folds and small statistical changes within players' training performance accredited with the club's sudden success in Australian football.
For more information, visit PLAYR's website.
