How Tech Is Optimizing Return-to-Play Programs in the Premier League
For all the changes competitive sports have undergone over time – from the ever-expanding skills of the athletes to the exploding...
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How Analyzing Peak Demand Can Optimize Training Design
For anyone who has spent even a little time around competitive sports, there are a handful of phrases that should ring familiar....
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The New Ways Premier League Clubs Can Leverage LiDAR Tech
With the English Premier League season underway, 20 member clubs can only hope that all their personnel moves, offseason training and...
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Sportlight Conversation: Nikolay Falaleev
Nikolay Falaleev, Sportlight’s head of artificial intelligence since 2020, leads AI initiatives that deliver on-field information for our...
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Why Accurate Portable Performance-Tracking Technology Is Needed in the NBA
The business of professional sports has developed into a multibillion-dollar industry, raising the stakes for all involved and creating...
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The Importance of Managing an Athlete’s Maximum Speed Capacity to Minimize Injury
In NASCAR, American stock car racing’s elite circuit, the competition cars on the track look quite similar to Chevrolets, Fords and...
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How Identifying Fatigue Can Unlock Peak Performance in Athletes
The nature of performance training demands a level of repetition that borders on monotony. Practitioners put athletes through their...
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Sportlight Conversation: Tom Dos’Santos
Thomas Dos’Santos is a senior lecturer in strength and conditioning & sports biomechanics at Manchester Metropolitan University, as well...
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Why Clubs Are Turning to LiDAR to Support Their GPS Technology
Professional sports is a multibillion-dollar industry that demands ownership with deep pockets for investment in everything from player...
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Why LiDAR Technology Is the Future of Player Development
Next to talent evaluation, the most important organizational competency for any sports franchise is likely player development. Shrewd...
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Five Ways LiDAR Can Be Used to Assist Professional Sports Teams Sports Scientists
Sports scientists have been using motion-capture systems for quite some time in their efforts to analyze and optimize athletic...
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Why Accurate Portable Performance-Tracking Technology Is Needed in the NBA
The business of professional sports has developed into a multibillion-dollar industry, raising the stakes for all involved and creating...
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Data-Driven Scouting Takes Center Stage, But Are We Ready to Embrace Its Full Potential?
At the crux of all player scouting is data. Whether it’s measured or observed, statistical or anecdotal, data gives shape to the insights...
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How Sports Tech Evolved From a Luxury to a Necessary Investment
The single most significant development in sports over the past 100 years has been the growth of the financial incentive at all levels....
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How Sports Tech Evolved From a Luxury to a Necessary Investment
The single most significant development in sports over the past 100 years has been the growth of the financial incentive at all levels....
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Sportlight Conversation: John Grace
John Grace, performance coach interim director of performance for Major League Soccer’s Chicago Fire, has been a performance coach with...
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The Tech Race Among European Football Leagues
Throughout Europe, local football clubs have embraced unconventional methods in their efforts to rise from second-tier status and...
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How Organizations Are Using Player and Positional Profiles to Gain a Competitive Edge
Sports franchises and programs have been relying on the experience and expertise of performance evaluators for as long as competitive...
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The Importance of Using Existing Movement Data to Better Understand Player Performance
When making determinations based on new research or data collection, there are few (if any) fields of scientific or empirical study that...
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Sportlight Conversation: Chris Difford
Chris Difford, the former first team physical performance coach for the women’s Everton Football Club and former head of performance at...
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Sportlight Conversations: Ben Taverner
Ben Taverner recently joined Sportlight as Chief Commercial Officer. Previously Head of Commercial at Serie A Juventus Football Club, Ben...
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Sportlight Conversations: Matt Cook
Matt Cook is a respected sports scientist and strength & conditioning coach who currently serves as director of physical performance,...
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How Elite Sports Organizations Can Use Force-Velocity Profiling
World-class athletes come in all shapes and sizes, and different sports require disparate skill sets that often don’t fully transfer from...
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How Personalized Movement Data Can Be Used to Develop Game Tactics
Coaches and performance practitioners are always in search of small or hidden insights to help squeeze every bit of potential from the...
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