top of page



BLOG PERSPECTIVES AND CONVERSATIONS
Search


Why Deeper Movement Insights Are Critical for Optimal Load Management
Across the landscape of elite competitive sports, athlete performance insights have become valuable currency. As performance-tracking...
132
0


The Role of Performance Technology in the Rise of U.S. Soccer
Football has long had an odd relationship with the United States – and vice versa. While other sports were capturing the hearts and minds...
107
0


Turning Advanced Analytics Into Digestible Data
The concept of advanced analytics is a relatively young one. Bill James, one of its earliest pioneers, began publishing his annual (and...
85
0


Sportlight Conversation - Matt Howley Q&A
In September, Matt Howley was hired to be Sportlight Technology’s first Director of U.S. Sports. Previously the Director of Sports...
459
0


Unlocking the Future of Scouting: Harnessing Physical Data With Cutting-Edge Tools
Sports practitioners, coaches and executives have been using information that can loosely be described as data in their everyday...
164
0


How Tech Is Optimizing Return-to-Play Programs in the Premier League
For all the changes competitive sports have undergone over time – from the ever-expanding skills of the athletes to the exploding...
188
0


How Analyzing Peak Demand Can Optimize Training Design
For anyone who has spent even a little time around competitive sports, there are a handful of phrases that should ring familiar....
103
0


The New Ways Premier League Clubs Can Leverage LiDAR Tech
With the English Premier League season underway, 20 member clubs can only hope that all their personnel moves, offseason training and...
169
0


Sportlight Conversation: Nikolay Falaleev
Nikolay Falaleev, Sportlight’s head of artificial intelligence since 2020, leads AI initiatives that deliver on-field information for our...
566
0


Why Accurate Portable Performance-Tracking Technology Is Needed in the NBA
The business of professional sports has developed into a multibillion-dollar industry, raising the stakes for all involved and creating...
131
0


The Importance of Managing an Athlete’s Maximum Speed Capacity to Minimize Injury
In NASCAR, American stock car racing’s elite circuit, the competition cars on the track look quite similar to Chevrolets, Fords and...
52
0


How Identifying Fatigue Can Unlock Peak Performance in Athletes
The nature of performance training demands a level of repetition that borders on monotony. Practitioners put athletes through their...
65
0


Sportlight Conversation: Tom Dos’Santos
Thomas Dos’Santos is a senior lecturer in strength and conditioning & sports biomechanics at Manchester Metropolitan University, as well...
199
0


Why Clubs Are Turning to LiDAR to Support Their GPS Technology
Professional sports is a multibillion-dollar industry that demands ownership with deep pockets for investment in everything from player...
168
0


Why LiDAR Technology Is the Future of Player Development
Next to talent evaluation, the most important organizational competency for any sports franchise is likely player development. Shrewd...
208
0


Five Ways LiDAR Can Be Used to Assist Professional Sports Teams Sports Scientists
Sports scientists have been using motion-capture systems for quite some time in their efforts to analyze and optimize athletic...
402
0


Why Accurate Portable Performance-Tracking Technology Is Needed in the NBA
The business of professional sports has developed into a multibillion-dollar industry, raising the stakes for all involved and creating...
25
0


Data-Driven Scouting Takes Center Stage, But Are We Ready to Embrace Its Full Potential?
At the crux of all player scouting is data. Whether it’s measured or observed, statistical or anecdotal, data gives shape to the insights...
62
0


How Sports Tech Evolved From a Luxury to a Necessary Investment
The single most significant development in sports over the past 100 years has been the growth of the financial incentive at all levels....
198
0


How Sports Tech Evolved From a Luxury to a Necessary Investment
The single most significant development in sports over the past 100 years has been the growth of the financial incentive at all levels....
14
0


Sportlight Conversation: John Grace
John Grace, performance coach interim director of performance for Major League Soccer’s Chicago Fire, has been a performance coach with...
178
0


The Tech Race Among European Football Leagues
Throughout Europe, local football clubs have embraced unconventional methods in their efforts to rise from second-tier status and...
25
0


How Organizations Are Using Player and Positional Profiles to Gain a Competitive Edge
Sports franchises and programs have been relying on the experience and expertise of performance evaluators for as long as competitive...
22
0


The Importance of Using Existing Movement Data to Better Understand Player Performance
When making determinations based on new research or data collection, there are few (if any) fields of scientific or empirical study that...
18
0
bottom of page