As the United States women’s national team advances further into the playoffs with last night’s win against Columbia, the U.S. must cope with the grueling World Cup process of having games every few days. This time around, the team has three days rest before their quarterfinal matchup against No. 16 China PR.
Wired’s Megan Logan interviewed the team’s strength and fitness coach Dawn Scott to learn about one of her tricks of the trade—wearables.
Scott has implemented Polar wearables for every member of the team during training. For Scott, it helps to gather certain data so that the coaching staff can optimize a training session based upon a player’s level of fitness or positional needs.