Friday, August 5, 2016

Portuguese company offers ‘GPS tracking’ for players … – Daily News – Lisbon

The application allows you to collect data using GPS devices placed a clamp on each player

startup Portuguese will launch a mobile application with ‘GPS tracking’ technology to amateur players. – the same used by major football clubs for performance analysis

the company Magicoach expects to launch the mobile application, which will be available for iOS and android systems in September to an individual cost below 300 euros.

According to John Wemans, head of Magicoach, ‘technology’ GPS tracking ‘, has costs of around 60,000 euro time and is used, among others, the three ‘big’ of Portuguese football – Benfica, FC Porto and Sporting. – and almost all English league clubs “

the Leicester, current English champion football, is, according to John Wemans, “an example of good use of the system and succeeded, against all expectations, winning the title.”

the application allows you to collect data using GPS devices placed in a clamp each player, which provide a wide range of physical and tactical indicators to assess individual performance and increase social and competitive interaction between the various players.

last weekend, the system was, according with John Wemans tested in an amateur football competition, with “each player been evaluated in physical and tactical approach by tracking their movements.”

“the more than 250 players, heads of teams and organization event were unanimous in considering the experience a success by adding games to a new component of competition and interaction, “he said.

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