Here is an essay by University of Georgia professer Peter Smagorinsky.
By Peter Smagorinsky
Catapult is an Australian sports analytics company that is used by a host of athletics teams around the world.
Their client list includes the Dallas Cowboys, North Carolina Tar Heels, Japanese Rowing team, and over 300 other teams and organizations that are looking to maximize their competitors’ performances.
The company uses athlete tracking technology that provides data on athletes’ performances. These small GPS devices can be attached to athletic gear, where they can measure, to a fine degree, such aspects of performance as acceleration, force, speed, and other factors that contribute to an athlete’s movements.
Data collected through these devices can then identify a specific athlete’s strengths and weaknesses. On their website, Catapult claims, “WHAT CAN BE MEASURED, CAN BE MANAGED.”
They say that coaches may “objectively know players are in optimal condition going in to games by monitoring training load and determining who isn’t working hard enough [and] use the
