SPORTLIGHT PERSPECTIVES

As athletics have evolved from a recreational pastime or social diversion into big business and a legitimate environment for investment,...

The sports industry has been working to perfect the tools and processes related to performance tracking for decades now – and have...

In a recent article from The Athletic and New York Times entitled “ Prominent MLB physician sounds alarm on pitching injuries ,” an...

Sportlight Technology, a leader in advanced sports technology, has partnered with the Philadelphia Flyers on an innovative project that...

Sports science and technology have come an extraordinarily long way in a short period of time. Thanks to these a series of leaps in our...

With Luka Doncic having recently put on one of the more spectacular performances in an NBA postseason series ever, now seems as good a...

In sports, data is the new frontier. In addition to the sort of Moneyball -style statistical numbers-crunching and mining of game...

The long arc of performance-tracking-technology development has been driven by the same forces that make athletes, as well as the...

The Premier League season is a 10-month, 38-match grind for every footballer who participates – not to mention the League and FA cup,...

There’s an old saying about career-building that is ostensibly about the power of projection and self-actualization: “Dress for the job...

The professional sports industry has changed dramatically in just the past 10 years. In particular, the way that franchises view the...

Sportlight, a leading LiDAR and AI sports technology company, is proud to announce a multi-year agreement with the Saudi Pro League (SPL)...

In the sports performance industry, technology usually has one of two purposes: 1) athlete performance optimization or 2) athlete...

The common law of business balance project-management model has become virtually ubiquitous, across industries as diverse as advertising...

Performance-tracking technology has been used across nearly every sport, at practically every level, for some time now. Devices can be as...

Performance-tracking technology has been used across nearly every sport, at practically every level, for some time now. Devices can be as...

The common law of business balance project-management model has become virtually ubiquitous, across industries as diverse as advertising...

In the sports performance industry, technology usually has one of two purposes: 1) athlete performance optimization or 2) athlete...

Legacy performance-tracking systems typically rely on one of three different types of technology: radio frequency, GPS or cameras. Each...

Although some previous iterations of LiDAR-based performance-tracking systems were somewhat unwieldy, lacked ideal range and were...

For any sports organization seeking to better understand the capabilities and limitations of its athletes, consistent performance...

Within the context of world-class and professional sports, the tiniest variance can make all the difference. Consider the Premier League,...

Across the landscape of elite competitive sports, athlete performance insights have become valuable currency. As performance-tracking...

Football has long had an odd relationship with the United States – and vice versa. While other sports were capturing the hearts and minds...

The concept of advanced analytics is a relatively young one. Bill James, one of its earliest pioneers, began publishing his annual (and...

Sports practitioners, coaches and executives have been using information that can loosely be described as data in their everyday...

For all the changes competitive sports have undergone over time – from the ever-expanding skills of the athletes to the exploding...

For anyone who has spent even a little time around competitive sports, there are a handful of phrases that should ring familiar....

With the English Premier League season underway, 20 member clubs can only hope that all their personnel moves, offseason training and...

The business of professional sports has developed into a multibillion-dollar industry, raising the stakes for all involved and creating...

In NASCAR, American stock car racing’s elite circuit, the competition cars on the track look quite similar to Chevrolets, Fords and...

The nature of performance training demands a level of repetition that borders on monotony. Practitioners put athletes through their...

Professional sports is a multibillion-dollar industry that demands ownership with deep pockets for investment in everything from player...

Next to talent evaluation, the most important organizational competency for any sports franchise is likely player development. Shrewd...

Sports scientists have been using motion-capture systems for quite some time in their efforts to analyze and optimize athletic...

The business of professional sports has developed into a multibillion-dollar industry, raising the stakes for all involved and creating...

At the crux of all player scouting is data. Whether it’s measured or observed, statistical or anecdotal, data gives shape to the insights...

The single most significant development in sports over the past 100 years has been the growth of the financial incentive at all levels....

The single most significant development in sports over the past 100 years has been the growth of the financial incentive at all levels....

World-class athletes come in all shapes and sizes, and different sports require disparate skill sets that often don’t fully transfer from...

Coaches and performance practitioners are always in search of small or hidden insights to help squeeze every bit of potential from the...

As we’ve witnessed in Qatar over the past few weeks, much of the excitement and spectacle of international football lies in its...

At the intersection of sports science and technology today are some potentially game-changing developments in athlete tracking. No longer...

In the same way a powerlifter follows a different training regimen than a long-distance runner, athletes everywhere are assessed and...

Sports science has come a long way over a short period of time in its approach and success rate around repairing and healing certain...

Sports organizations have been attempting to find more and better ways to analyze athletic performance for roughly as long as organized...

Change of direction is a somewhat nebulous but almost universally valuable athletic concept that can be roughly applied across sports. In...

Comprehensive data collection and accuracy as a guiding principle are at the core of our work at Sportlight. That’s why we’re excited to...

Coaches and managers are busy. They design game plans, adjust schemes, offer input on personnel decisions, manage player personalities –...

NBA teams and analysts have used Player Efficiency Rating (PER) for many years to create a more nuanced picture of player performance,...