[Podcast] Player Analytics for a Better Prepared Team with DJ Callender

By Keith Grabowski | Posted 5/17/2019

Catapult Sports Director of Emerging Markets D.J. Callender joins host Keith Grabowski to discuss how wearable technology can create a better preparation plan as a team progresses through a season. They discuss how this became popular with Chip Kelly implementing the technology at Oregon and continuing its use in his current position at UCLA. Callender presents an implementation plan that is both affordable and practical for the high school and small college schools.

00:00 - Intro
00:45 - Overview of Catapult Sports
03:15 - Monitoring where your players are physically 
05:42 - Creating a better preseason camp
07:33 - What does the data say?
09:21 - Fast Fridays
12:02 - Training as the season goes on
14:07 - Workflow and simplicity
16:36 - Measuring impacts
18:28 - Are impacts timestamped? 
20:31 - In-game use
22:32 - Cost
25:19 - Only using five
26:16 - Player safety and optics 
28:26 - Raising a standard
30:12 - Contact info (dj.callender@catapultsports.com)
30:42 - Coaches to contact

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