Catapult, the market leader in performance technology for elite sports, today announced a multi-year contract with the DFB Academy to capture performance data via video, track athlete performance via wearables, and enhance analytics infrastructure at all levels of the German national soccer teams. The company’s integrated platform will enable coaches to bring data sets from athletes directly to the video screen.
Starting this season, MatchTracker and Focus video technologies, along with Vector wearables, will provide the German national soccer team with data to optimize player performance and reduce injuries. All 15 men’s and women’s teams will use Catapult’s video technology, and 10 teams will be supported by data from Catapult wearables. The MatchTracker video technology covers all aspects of competitive matches, including opponents’ playing strategies.
Top teams around the world, including 24 Olympic medalists from the Tokyo Games, all 32 NFL teams, English Premier League clubs and NCAA schools, are already using Catapult’s analytics.
