SPORTS GROUND EQUIPMENT a little bit more on the playing side with the data that I ’ m recording to help them set up for a game .
“ Hopefully , moving forward , it will help with player recovery and development . If we find that players are cramping up at a certain time during games , we can start looking at hardness , traction and moisture as well . And when we start putting them together , I think we ’ ll start seeing data and values . And then working with the medical department and making it a bit safer , and then hopefully working to have a surface which they can use that does cause less injuries .
He explains : “ I can look back on what was a good and bad game , then I can start speaking to the coaches about how I ’ m preparing the pitch .
“ I ’ ll test it before just to let the coaches know the moisture , this is what it was like at this game , and this is how it held together better .
“ Then they will find out going forward the more I take the data that they can set their players up slightly differently , maybe . So they are starting to engage
“ That ’ s far off , and I haven ’ t got there with them , but I am hoping using GrasPro and all the data I record , I can push that forward and work with the sports scientists a little bit more in how we can set the pitch , so there are fewer injuries .”
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