New York City FC (NYCFC) today announced a new partnership with PLAYR, the world’s first soccer SmartCoach system designed by leading elite sports tech brand, Catapult Sports. The agreement will see PLAYR become an Official Partner of NYCFC, enabling two NYCFC Academy teams to use the latest GPS technology, combined with personalized sports science advice, to improve on-pitch performance.
The PLAYR SmartPod records up to 1,250 movements per second, combining distance, power and speed data with GPS heat maps so players can compare their performance to their peers in the PLAYR community – as well as top professional players from all around the world.