The NHSSCA and PlayerData Bring Elite GPS and IMU Technology to High School Strength Coaches. No Sports Scientist Required.
The Origins of PlayerData
PlayerData was founded in 2017 in Edinburgh, Scotland by Roy Hotrabhvanon and Hayden Ball around a straightforward but forward-thinking thesis: elite athlete tracking technology shouldn’t be reserved for the professional ranks. Too many coaches were making critical decisions about training load, player readiness, and injury risk based on gut feel alone simply because the available technology was too expensive, too complicated, or built for a world they didn’t operate in.
Today, PlayerData is a FIFA Preferred Provider for Player Tracking, trusted by over 1,500 teams and 50,000 athletes worldwide, from grassroots programs to professional clubs and national federations.
Emerging as the Wearable of Choice in the U.S.
PlayerData’s U.S. growth has been driven by word of mouth and a deliberate focus on product quality and service. The company now works with organizations across the spectrum from Philadelphia Union’s academy all the way to its MLS team, to more than 40 Texas high school programs including Southlake Carroll and Denton-Guyer. The U.S. Soccer Federation, Boston Red Sox, and Tampa Bay Rays have also adopted PlayerData as their wearable of choice.
“High school strength coaches are some of the most important and underappreciated people in athlete development,” said Luke Bonner, PlayerData’s Global Head of Marketing. “Partnering with the NHSSCA is our way of making sure the coaches doing that work every day have the best tools available to them.”
Ahead of the Field in the Wearable Market
Several things set PlayerData apart:
- Simplicity without sacrifice. Professional-grade data in a platform coaches, assistants, and athletes can operate independently, no sports science staff required.
- Indoor and outdoor capability. The EDGE Air unit supports GPS outdoors and IMU/LPS indoors, where many competitors fall short.
- CoachMate AI. A built-in AI assistant that lets coaches ask plain language questions about their athletes and get immediate answers.
- Real support and workflow. Cloud-based syncing from any device, backed by a responsive support team that high school coaches consistently praise.
Built for High School Coaches
PlayerData tracks what matters most, distance, top speed, accelerations, decelerations, sprints, and workload available instantly through the app after every session. It works across multiple sports with a single system, both indoors and outdoors, and is priced for high school athletic budgets.
As Brad West, the sole strength and conditioning coach for six sports at Bridgton Academy, put it: “PlayerData just allowed me not to guess. I didn’t have to guess this year.”
Ready to Serve NHSSCA Members
“There are a lot of technology companies that say they are built for coaches,” said Eric Cash, President of the NHSSCA. “PlayerData is one of the few that actually means it.”
“We believe every athlete deserves access to the same quality of performance data as the professionals,” said Ben Slingerland, Head of Sales at PlayerData. “The NHSSCA partnership is one of the most direct expressions of that belief.”
For those interested in learning more about PlayerData, contact their team here: PlayerData x NHSSCA
