Actionable Insights: How Track160 will deliver new and improved analysis and data to the Essendon Royals
Essendon Royals Soccer Club has been the host of a genuine world-first in grassroots football, with the implementation of the Track160 system at Cross Keys Reserve.
In a triumph of collaboration between the Royals, Track160 and Moonee Valley City Council, players who take to the field on Pitch 1 at Cross Keys Reserve will have every touch, pass, shot, sprint and position recorded and analysed to help provide professional-grade analysis of their games.
Player and team performance is all recorded and analysed in immaculate detail with the help of an incredibly powerful Artificial Intelligence and three powerful cameras installed at Cross Keys Reserve with the permission of Moonee Valley City Council.
Over 1.8 million data points are recorded for every player who plays a game in front of the Track160 system, arming players and coaches alike with a wealth of data to help better inform their coaching and individual development alike.
Coaches will be able to playback the full game, accompanied by a 2D, bird’s eye rendering of the action alongside the real-life vision, allowing a perfect picture of how the game unfolded, what went well and what needs work.
Coaches can also access in-depth data reports covering everything from sports science to tactical to get a real measure on how their players are performing.
With fully automated video analysis, Track160 data includes video clips for goals and shots to individual passes, sprints and dribbles creating an endless possibility of filters for coaches to quickly find and download the clips they need to make their point to their players.
Players who subscribe to the platform will be able to log in and see their own data, as well as video clips of every action they were involved in on the pitch.
From passes played to passes received, dribbles, sprints, shots and – of course – goals, players will be able to review every aspect of their performance or simply download and share their best bits with their friends.
The Track160 system has already captured 12 games at Cross Keys Reserve across our Senior Men and Junior Boys National Premier Leagues competitions.
Track160 Managing Director and Essendon Royals member Steve Murray said he was thrilled to be able to see this technology applied in a grassroots setting in his own backyard.
“We are delighted to be launching our first community club in the world live in the Track160 platform with the Essendon Royals,” Mr Murray said.
“We are now talking about the Essendon Royals at the highest levels of football in Australia, Europe and the US.
“We look forward to growing this true partnership over the next few years and to seeing the outstanding development taking place at the club.
Essendon Royals Head of Football and former New Zealand international Vaughan Coveny said he was excited to see the club’s various football programs gain access to such a powerful tool.
“We are probably only scratching the surface of what this platform can do for us,” he said.
“There is a lot of information for coaches to work with and to present to players and we look forward to getting everything we can out of this tool to create better outcomes for our players.”
Essendon Royals players will be able to access a cheap subscription to access their individual data from games played in front of the system on Cross Keys Reserve’s main pitch, whilst opposition clubs and players will also be able to access data on a game-by-game basis.
To learn more about Track160, head here: https://www.track160.com/