All of the Pitt football players wear a GPS Tracking Vest during practice and games. I believe they use a device called Catapult.
My son’s high school team uses this system. The data is really amazing. The software is preprogrammed to know the patterns the receivers run. My son is a slot receiver. If he is supposed to run a 10 yard out, the software can tell if he ran 9 or 11. It can tell the angle of the cut. Was it square or rounded. It can tell what speed he is running pre break and after break in MPH. The software compares this to his known speed from summer testing. At the end of each play the receiver is graded on the precision and speed of the route. Green for good, yellow so-so and red bad. The report is fascinating.
@Chris Peak mentioned in the Morning Pitt about Narduzzi’s comments on the receivers. I would bet the training staff (who monitors the GPS System) and coaches reviewed the data from the Catapult System and saw the that the receivers routes and speeds weren’t “Green”. This is how they determined that it was a receiver problem and not a Slovis problem.
All a guess, but fascinating technology. Chris, if you ever have a chance to interview the training staff, it would be interesting to hear their thoughts and usage of the GPS Data.
My son’s high school team uses this system. The data is really amazing. The software is preprogrammed to know the patterns the receivers run. My son is a slot receiver. If he is supposed to run a 10 yard out, the software can tell if he ran 9 or 11. It can tell the angle of the cut. Was it square or rounded. It can tell what speed he is running pre break and after break in MPH. The software compares this to his known speed from summer testing. At the end of each play the receiver is graded on the precision and speed of the route. Green for good, yellow so-so and red bad. The report is fascinating.
@Chris Peak mentioned in the Morning Pitt about Narduzzi’s comments on the receivers. I would bet the training staff (who monitors the GPS System) and coaches reviewed the data from the Catapult System and saw the that the receivers routes and speeds weren’t “Green”. This is how they determined that it was a receiver problem and not a Slovis problem.
All a guess, but fascinating technology. Chris, if you ever have a chance to interview the training staff, it would be interesting to hear their thoughts and usage of the GPS Data.
