He then gives Coppell videos of an individual player’s, or the entire team’s, movements, as required. Like Jamshedpur FC, other ISL clubs too have begun to analyse player data. Mumbai City FC’s assistant coach Juliano Fontana says a third of his team’s strategy comes from analytics. At Goa, players wear the Catapult Optimeye S5, tracking technology used by Dutch outfit AFC Ajax and the Brazilian football team. Bengaluru-based Amrit Murali, a product manager with management consulting firm Zinnov, says ISL teams haven’t explored this aspect.

Source: Mint January 24, 2018 10:52 UTC