As wearable GPS devices proliferate to lower rungs of professional teams on down to amateur clubs, this accessibility of tracking information can make the average weekend warrior in a recreational league wonder how he or she stacks up against a favored star from the elite European leagues.
Catapult Sports, whose acquisition of Playertek has broadened its inventory of wearable tech offerings, recently shared aggregate data with SportTechie from Playertek-wearing amateurs and one unidentified Premier League club to illustrate the speed and endurance differences between the different rungs of talent (Catapult has worked with Chelsea, Leicester City and Tottenham, among others in the Premier League, as well as other global powers such as A.