CITYPLAY users invited to City Football Academy as part of data-driven experience | OneFootball

Over 80 grassroot boys and girls footballers from across the UK were invited to the City Football Academy as part of a data-driven experience provided by CITYPLAY, the wearable football tracking device tool that measures over 25 physical & technical metrics, powered by Playermaker.

Beginning at the start of season, CITYPLAY, in collaboration with the Junior Premier League (JPL), kicked off a data-driven journey that offered grassroots players from across the UK the opportunity to use CITYPLAY, giving them access to data insights into specific areas of their game and to improve as a footballer generally.

Over several months, the players’ match performance data was logged and analysed by Playermaker’s data science team. Using an AI-powered algorithm, the most promising players were identified - not by scouts, but through their data alone.

The culmination of this journey saw 80 selected grassroot players travel to the CFA in Manchester, where they faced off in a series of fixtures against the Club’s City Select teams and Academy.

Whilst playing these games at the CFA, City’s teams also wore their CITYPLAY devices during the fixtures, allowing the Club to identify and compare performance data across both groups and benchmarking grassroot talent identified through CITYPLAY in a real game environment.

Georgina Donnelly, Girls Academy Head Coach, said: "It was a brilliant experience for everyone involved. Hosting these players at the CFA, seeing the talent on show, watching them embrace the opportunity - it made for a really rewarding evening.

CITYPLAY look forward to offering more data-driven experiences in the future. To purchase a CITYPLAY unit, follow the link here - https://www.playermaker.com/.