With the new data streams available, what is the next great frontier for football data that we as consumers could understand? It’s almost certainly ‘space’. As data set become many times larger, and so physicists are best placed to derive meaning where before, there was none.
In this Q&A, Zone7’s Performance Director, Rich Buchanan delves deeper into Damian’s work, probes him on his philosophy, and aims to better understand how he goes about applying innovations, such as Zone7.
Zone7 conducted a retrospective analysis of injuries sustained by an EFL Championship club’s players during the 2019/20 season.
The analysis includes a comparison of different aspects between the period in which Zone7 was used by the team’s technical staff, to those in which it was not.
Many opinion pieces and peer reviewed research articles question the current capability of utilising AI to find meaningful insights from the available datasets but do acknowledge further research is required. In parallel, AI systems (such as Zone7) are retrospectively and prospectively demonstrating high levels of capability when it comes to accurately forecasting injury risk.
A retrospective analysis of workload data and injury incidence from 11 professional football teams conducted to demonstrate Zone7’s ability to accurately forecast increased injury risk.
Collaboration includes continued professional development program for ASD members
AI-based risk detection and recommendation platform will support medical and physio teams in athlete performance management
In this follow up article, Rich focuses on the challenges of introducing something new like Zone7 and how you can attempt to sustain such innovation within a sports performance environment for long term success
AI platform will empower Valencia CF coaching and physio staff by flagging risk signals and making proactive recommendations to help players reach peak performance.
A reduction of just 1% in injury rates in the Premier League equates to a saving of £2m, and if Zone7 technology were consistently applied across the competition then the savings are potentially game-changing, anywhere up to £100m.
