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INSIGHTS

Basketball wearable

PlayerData Is Redefining What a Basketball Wearable Can Do

Indoor IMU tracking, live data on a coach's phone and adoption across D1 programs: how PlayerData is redefining what a basketball wearable can do.

GPS vest placement

Why GPS Trackers Work Best When Worn in a Vest

Where a GPS tracker sits on the body directly affects data quality. Here is why a vest worn between the shoulder blades remains the gold standard.

High school football

How to Use GPS Data to Reduce Soft Tissue Injuries in High School Football

Hamstring strains and quad pulls follow a pattern. Here is how high school football coaches use GPS load data to spot it before it becomes an injury.

The Front Porch: How Nashville Christian Turned Into a Football Powerhouse

Nashville Christian Football Head Coach Jeff Brothers built legendary program with old-school values and modern-age GPS technology

IMU-Derived Distance and Speed: How PlayerData Tracks Indoor Athletes Without GPS

GPS satellites don’t reach inside a gymnasium, a field house, or an indoor training facility. For sports that compete and train primarily indoors, this has been one of the most significant limitations of wearable performance tracking technology. PlayerData has solved it.,

Portland Hearts of Pine Is Building Something Bigger Than Soccer

USL League One franchise achieves unprecedented success with commitment to quality and consistency.

Smoothing the Jump: How Brøndby IF Builds Players Through the Academy Pathway

Discover how Brøndby IF uses PlayerData GPS trackers to optimize player load and development from the academy level through their first team.

UC Davis Men’s Basketball Adds PlayerData To Its Program

The wearable player tracking is becoming a staple in college basketball programs across the country.

Lafayette Men's Basketball Uses EDGE Air Units On The Hardwood

Lafayette men's basketball is using PlayerData to monitor training load and keep players ready when games matter most.

Cornell University Football Is All In on PlayerData.

Cornell University Football Head Coach Dan Swanstrom on why PlayerData has been unlike anything his program has used before and what is driving college football programs across the country to make the same choice.

Brøndby IF Expands PlayerData Across the First Team

After starting at the academy level, Brøndby IF rolls out PlayerData all the way to the first team, marking a significant moment in elite European professional football.

Built in Bixby

In Bixby, Oklahoma, football is a way of life, and a development-obsessed program backed by PlayerData keeps its athletes fast, healthy, and ready for Friday night.

PlayerData’s EDGE Air Becomes the First Wearable to Achieve FIFA Quality Pro Certification

The milestone recognises elite tracking accuracy in a wearable built to make high-performance technology accessible across the entire football pyramid.

Morehead State Women's Basketball Manages Athlete Load With PlayerData

Morehead State joins a growing list of college basketball programs choosing PlayerData for the 2026-27 season.

Springfield College Is Using PlayerData to Understand the Physical Demands of Volleyball

Springfield College uses PlayerData GPS tracking across several sports, and thanks to the versatility of the EDGE Air, player tracking extends into indoor sports as well.

University of Maine Men's Basketball Turns Workload Into Understanding

University of Maine Men's Basketball on how PlayerData transforms the program's approach to workload communication, player accountability, and return-to-play protocols.

Michigan Hawks Go All In On PlayerData GPS Player Tracking

After experiencing it firsthand during an international tournament at Everton FC, the Michigan Hawks rollout PlayerData GPS trackers across the club.

Soccer GPS units

Is GPS Tracking Worth It? What Coaches Need to Know Before They Decide

The honest case for GPS tracking, plus the four things to evaluate before committing to a system.

Field hockey GPS

GPS Tracker for Field Hockey: How Coaches Are Using Wearable Technology to Develop Players and Manage Load

Why field hockey adoption is accelerating, what the data captures and how to build position-specific game profiles.

Indoor basketball practice

GPS Trackers for Basketball: An Explainer

GPS does not work indoors. Here are the three technologies that do — LPS, IMU and AI-enabled IMU — and how each one works.

Basketball practice effort

How to Know How Hard Your Basketball Players Are Actually Working in Practice

Acceleration load per minute and active minutes reveal the effort the coaching eye cannot resolve.

Basketball speed tracking

How to Track Speed and Distance in Basketball: A Complete Guide for Coaches

Why GPS fails indoors, how IMU solves it, and what speed and distance data tells you in basketball.

Club soccer GPS

What the Best Club Soccer Programs Look for in a GPS Tracker

The six criteria the programs that get the most from GPS tracking actually evaluate before they buy.

Club soccer workflow

GPS Trackers for Club Soccer: Why the Workflow Matters as Much as the Data

Two GPS systems can produce the same data and deliver different results. Workflow is the difference.

Introducing Banded Jump Tracking: How PlayerData Measures Jump Intensity for Basketball and Volleyball

PlayerData's banded jumps metric breaks down each athlete's jump count into low, medium, and high intensity bands, giving programs the jump load data they need to prevent tendon injuries and develop explosive power all season long.

High school soccer

Best GPS Tracker for High School Soccer: What Coaches Need to Know Before Buying

What to look for, what to avoid, and what the best GPS system for a high school soccer program actually needs to do.

Best GPS Tracker for Lacrosse: A Complete Buying Guide for Coaches and Strength Staff

Why lacrosse programs are adopting GPS now, and what to look for when evaluating systems for a fast, high-volume sport.

High school football

Best GPS Tracker for High School Football: A Complete Buying Guide for Coaches and Strength Staff

What high school football programs should look for in a GPS system built for large rosters and demanding weeks.

Club soccer training

Best GPS Tracker for Club Soccer: A Complete Buying Guide for Coaches and Directors

What ECNL, GA and MLS Next programs should look for when evaluating GPS trackers across multiple teams and venues.

Real Time API Access is Here

API Live gives elite programs real-time access to PlayerData GPS data during active sessions, so the custom dashboards, metrics, and workflows they have spent years building can finally run live.

Crystal Palace FC: Using Connected Ball Technology to Redefine Return to Play

Crystal Palace FC's Joel Carter on how PlayerData's connected ball changes return to play protocol.

2023 A Year In Review

From historic triumphs on the pitch to game changing technological developments, 2023 has been a fantastic and unforgettable year.

Our Game Football X PlayerData

PlayerData teams up with Our Game Football to promote & support player welfare within the grassroots and semi-pro level

Leicestershire and Rutland County FA X PlayerData

PlayerData announced Official Data Partner of Leicestershire & Rutland County FA

Homeless World Cup 2023, Sacramento

PlayerData is excited to announce our continued support at this year's 2023 Homeless World Cup in Sacramento, California.

New Feature // Training Session Report Segments

Tracking Segments during training sessions is essential for effective planning and match day preparation

Development Team Hiring Process

Interested in joining our software development team? We've put together a handy guide of the hiring process.

Engineering Team Values

Every software engineering team works differently - we agreed on ours together and I want to share them with you.

All New Reports Feature

Introducing our an all new, more comprehensive, reporting feature to the PlayerData app.

Homeless World Cup Fuenlabrada, Madrid

PlayerData is proud to be the Official Data Partner of the Homeless World Cup since 2018.

University of Bath X PlayerData

PlayerData named Official Sports Data Partner for the University of Bath.

Hashtag United X PlayerData

We are delighted to announce our latest partnership with Hashtag United.

Dorset County FA X PlayerData

Dorset County FA and PlayerData announce a new 3 year sports data partnership.

Devon County FA X PlayerData

Devon County FA and PlayerData are delighted to announce a new three-year partnership.

PlayerData’s Community Fund

PlayerData pledge £50,000 towards helping underrepresented and underfunded sporting communities