Output Sports Technology Helping Athletes and Coaches to Optimise Remote Training and Coaching
With gyms and training grounds remaining closed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, athletes and coaches are increasingly turning to companies such as Output Sports to help them to optimise their remote training programmes.
, a University College Dublin (小鸟体育) sports technology start-up headquartered at Nova小鸟体育, has developed Output // Capture, an end-to-end solution that can test multiple components of athletic performance and track training programmes with a single wearable sensor.
The system which uses advanced signal processing and machine learning techniques, can be used at home by athletes and enables them and their coaches to remotely test multiple components of athletic performance and track training programmes via a system app.
Dr Martin O鈥橰eilly, CEO, Output Sports, said, 鈥淐urrently due to the COVID-19 pandemic the athletic community the world over has had to adapt to the requirements of social-distancing, home-workouts and working from home. We are glad that our Output // Capture technology can help them in this time of unprecedented change.鈥�
Among those using the system are Paralympic swimmer, Nicole Turner, who is using the app to provide testing and tracking data to her strength and conditioning coach Niamh Buffini and rugby players, Adam Byrne and Dave Kearney.
Niamh Buffini, CEO, Buff Performance said, 鈥淲ith the Output Sports system I can now track movement and robustness with a lot more attention to detail because the system allows for the athlete, such as Nicole, to do it themselves.鈥�
She added, 鈥淭he beauty of the Output Sports system is that the speed at which you receive the results from the athlete is like no other. You can go back and compare the previous test scores on a timeline graph that the system automatically creates for you. Another unique quality is that it allows you to track things such as mobility and power.鈥�
She concluded, 鈥淚t has also eliminated the need to formally set big testing events which can be stressful for some athletes and the continuous nature works well for the athletes while they train remotely.鈥�
Leinster rugby player, Adam Byrne, who is also an angel investor in Output Sports said, 鈥淚 am currently sharing a house with Dave Kearney, and using Output // Capture, in conjunction with the plans sent out by Leinster Rugby, means we haven鈥檛 deviated too far from our usual daily routine.鈥�
鈥淚n addition to our standard daily monitoring I鈥檝e also been able to track a few areas specific to me such as my ankle mobility, jump height and measure the range of motion on each rep of my calf raises with Output Sports sensor unit.鈥�
With gyms and training facilities closed Output Sports has also launched a competition, #OUTPUTCOMBINE, to enable athletes and coaches from all over the world, and from all sporting disciplines, compete against each other and compare fitness levels on a set of 6 fitness tests. The six tests are; push-ups, 10-5 pogo tests, straight-leg raise, chin-ups, single-leg balance and countermovement jumps.
To enter the competition entrants simply video and record themselves doing the 6 tests with Output // Capture and share the videos and results on Twitter or Instagram, tagging @outputsports and #OUTPUTCOMBINE.
Output Sports - #OUTPUTCOMBINE Video
Dr Darragh Whelan, CSO, Output Sports said, 鈥淲e already have had a fantastic response to our #OUTPUTCOMBINE competition with entrants from Ireland, across Europe and the US and the competition is open until at least the middle of next month. We have 2 full year memberships up for grabs for Output // Capture, with unlimited athlete profiles, for the best all-round athlete and the best video content submitted.鈥�
Adam Byrne added, 鈥�#OUTPUTCOMBINE is a great initiative from the Output Sports team as it adds an element of competitiveness to the training athletes are now doing in their home environments. The competition lets us compare ourselves against other athletes in the same or different sports, across six fitness tests relating to strength, power and flexibility and it has been great fun to take part in the competition.鈥�
Output Sports was co-founded in 2018 by Dr Martin O'Reilly, Dr Darragh Whelan, Julian Eberle and Professor Brian Caulfield as a spin-out from the 小鸟体育 School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science and the Insight SFI Research Centre for Data Analytics following the completion of Enterprise Ireland Commercialisation Funding.
Earlier this year the company closed a 鈧�1.3 million seed funding round led by the Atlantic Bridge University Fund, with Elkstone Partners, Enterprise Ireland, and angel investors including Leinster Rugby players, Adam Byrne and Dan Leavy. John Hearne, co-founder and former CEO of Cur谩m Software also invested in the company.
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16 April 2020
For more information contact Mic茅al Whelan, Communications and Media Relations Manager, Nova小鸟体育, e: miceal.whelan@ucd.ie, t: + 353 1 716 3712 or Dr Martin O鈥橰eilly, CEO, Output Sports, e: martin@outputsports.com.
Editor鈥檚 Notes
Output Sports is revolutionising the way athletic staff optimise sports performance.
At Nova小鸟体育, the hub for new ventures and entrepreneurs at University College Dublin, we nurture and support new high-tech companies as part of 小鸟体育's mission. At Nova小鸟体育 we provide purpose-built, state-of-the-art incubation facilities alongside a comprehensive business support programme for client companies such as Output Sports.
Nova小鸟体育 has supported over 360 companies and early-stage ventures. Supported companies have attracted over 鈧�760 million of investment and currently employ over 1,040 people directly. Nova小鸟体育 has been funded through a unique public-private partnership that includes AIB Bank, Arthur Cox, Deloitte, Enterprise Ireland, Ericsson, Goodbody Stockbrokers, UCD and Xilinx.