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Having performance data is great - you get to quantify and understand what you did in training or games. But now, with the all-new @statsports Academy, you get so much more 🔥 Combining your GPS data, we now give you access to professionally designed training content, strength training, recovery exercises, and nutrition insights - everything that allows you to train and feel like a pro 👌 Link in the bio or in our stories to find out more ✅

Step aside, Leo Messi, there’s a new box office star in MLS. Young @fcdallas forward Sam Sarver has been ripping it up this season. Rapid across the ground and looks like he’s got some top class finishing in his locker. Potentially one to watch for UK and European clubs down the line 📈 Lots of untapped talent in MLS ready to make the jump. Follow @statsports for more 🫡

When Vincent Kompany was at Burnley, the club released a lot of footage of him taking training sessions and giving players technical advice. This is just one example of how he coached the defenders on how to defend space in behind. Worth a listen and save🤝 We’ve included a drill from the STATSports Academy drill library that teaches a similar movement pattern in terms of pressing a defender than sprint recovering into a defensive area. You can track all key metrics like top speed, sprint distance; high speed distance and acceleration with the Academy GPS tracker 📈 Follow @statsports for to become a fitter, faster, more powerful player 🫡

Morgan Rogers is correct and right - as an athlete at the highest level of the game, you simply have to be able to cope with the demands of the game. Regardless of how much pressure is being put on players to stay fit and peak each time for match-day, the onus is on the player to make sure that they’re doing absolutely everything they can to be ready physically. One of the biggest talents in the game right now. A hybrid athlete who’s physically powerful, speed, endurance, robust, incredible technical ability, score goals, assists, got great link play - what baseball scouts refer to as a “5 Tool Player” 🫡 Swipe ➡️ for his per 90min datasets from the Premier League this season 📈 Follow @statsports for more performance content 🤝

GPS vest? Check ✅ … Goes without saying, especially around off-season, our tech has become a fundamental part of a player’s life. Particularly the pros, who are remote training during the summer. But increasingly players at every level of the game who want data to help shape their physical performance. And the GPS data guides it. Am I doing enough? Am I doing too much? Ultimately it’s about improving, getting stronger, faster and more durable as an athlete. But it’s also about making yourself available for the majority of your career. There’s no point being talented if you’re always injured ❌ Our technology can help you, especially during the offseason and preseason 🤝 Follow @statsports and learn how to become a fitter, faster, more robust player 🫡 #football #footballtraining #soccer #soccertraining

Let me explain you what the heatmap feature that’s just dropped on the @statsports Academy App tells you about your game!! 😮‍💨 🔥The heatmap shows where you spent time on the pitch, how your zone split broke down across the game, and where your sprints actually happened. You can compare your HSR and total distance between first and second half and see exactly where and when each of your sprints happened!!! 🔥 But this isn’t just a fitness indicator. How your team is set up tactically can completely change how your data looks. If you’re pushed into an inside role, your numbers change — usually less total distance but more accelerations and decelerations. That’s not a fitness drop-off, that’s a different positional demand. 🔥 If your role stays the same & output drops from first to second half, that’s when you start looking at fitness levels and where GPS gives context, & direction for your training, not just numbers. 🔥The sprint map shows where and when your speed actions happened and how long they lasted. Most of mine were 5–10 seconds, which me you a lot about the real demands of the game! So should my conditioning just be 30s on 30s off? Probably not. Your training should reflect what actually shows up in the game demands. 👀 🔥 This is also how we benchmark our own fitness, game demands and start comparing where we’re at against elite level data (I’ve a post on that btw!!). #ad #statsportsacademy #gpsheatmap #sportscience​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Absolute MADNESS last night in the race for the Scottish Premiership title. Kelechi Iheanacho and Celtic with a last gasp winner to take it to the final day, against Hearts at Celtic Park on Saturday. As per usual, there’s always been one or two commenting on posts, asking why the players are wearing bras. Come on now, it’s 2026 - we’ve been going since 2008 🤣 It’s now all set up for a winner takes all title decider. Both sides will be wearing our GPS vests in-game to track the players. Might be another late winner 👀 who knows! Love a big last day finale 🔥 Follow @statsports to learn more 📈

It’s been a journey for Antoine Semenyo… as a kid, he was rejected by Arsenal, Tottenham, Millwall, and Crystal Palace’s academies. In his own words, he was a late developer. He was “small and chunky” - he was technically good, but physically not where he needed to be. He joined Dave Hockaday’s college youth academy program where Hockaday got him super fit and he exploded from there. At 17 he was eventually signed by Bristol City’s academy… he played lots of non-league and lower EFL football, getting stronger and more conditioned to deal with senior football. Eventually signed by Bournemouth for £10m in 2023. The rest is history. Apart from being a super talented, two footed player, he’s also a physical specimen. We know from the research that up to 50% of Academy players in the UK alone leave the system before they’re 16. The majority of early developers are selected for contracts. The late developers get left behind. But now imagine how many technically gifted footballers are still out there, playing in non-league or regional football who have fully matured, but just not at the physical levels needed to play higher up the leagues. Look at his data from this season 📈 The standard of coaching is so high at academy level these days, there must be so many players still playing who’ve got the ability to move up the levels and are as yet “undiscovered”… Antoine Semenyo, Ollie Watkins, Tyrone Mings, James Tarkowski, Max Kilman, Ethan Pinnock, Dan Burn, Solly March, Jamie Vardy, Jared Bowen… they all followed this path. Not every football journey is linear. You have to keep going, keep doing the right things, and believe in your ability. Follow @statsports to learn how to get fitter, faster, and more powerful ✌️

Imagine your sprint count is visualised in terms of direction, location on the pitch, and the top speed… well, imagine no more. It’s here! Alongside the introduction of Heat Maps and Zone Analysis, we’ve also added a new Sprint Map feature 🔥 From the research, we know that approximately 30-40% of Premier League high-intensity running is done recovering into a defensive position. Another 15% supporting play in possession. So the question isn’t how many sprints you made. It’s what they were for. The new Sprint Map + Heatmap features in the STATSports Academy app show you exactly that. Every sprint. Every direction. Did you carry out your coach’s tactical plans? We’re giving you more detail than ever before with STATSports Academy GPS tracker 🫡 Follow @statsports for more ✌️

Hitting +80% of your max speed at 32 weeks pregnant is unbelievably impressive on its own, but returning to play first team football just about four months after giving birth - take a bow, @emslie_22 🫡 The Angel City FC Performance staff use our technology to monitor player performance so they will have all the necessary data to green light Emslie’s return to play. Phenomenal stuff from both the player and performance/medical staff 👏 Follow @statsports for more training and performance content 🤝

Kyle Walker touches on a specific but very important point that’s rarely addressed in team sports - the needs of individual players, their strengths, weaknesses, and positional demands. Completely understand why, but particularly at grassroots and even semi pro level, a lot of teams (not all) just don’t have the proper capacity to train outside of the collective. Explosive players are out doing 5K runs to stay fit. Endurance-based players are not sprinting maximally during the week. Naturally “fit” players are not strength training in the gym. In the third slide, you can see what the physical demands look like for full backs at the top of the game. Are you training at an intensity that hits high intensity? Thoughts? Follow @statsports for more 📈

Episode 3 of Train Like A Footballer ⚽️ - this week we’re talking about why assessment should come before any programming, and I’m sharing one test that professionals use that you can do tomorrow. As a player I have always wanted to be faster - but nobody ever told me what drills to actually do, and I had no way of tracking my progress or knowing if I was genuinely getting any quicker. That changed when my S&C coach Alan introduced me to the 10m max speed test. Speed is something that can be developed - I’ve seen progress in my own max speed even during ACL rehab. Imagine what you could achieve if you committed to one speed session a week and regular testing. It’s simple. You run 10 metres at max effort, record your time with your GPS tracker, and that number becomes your benchmark. Every 6-8 weeks you retest, and the data tells you exactly whether your training is working - no guessing, just evidence. You don’t need a fancy setup. You need your tracker and a 10 metre stretch of grass. Start there. 💪 All of the drills I mention in this series are available on the StatSports Academy app - head there to find them. And if you don’t have a GPS tracker yet, use code GRACEVELLA15 for 15% off yours. Follow for Episode 4 next Monday. 👇⚽️ #TrainLikeAFootballer #StatSports | AD