The chief executive officer of Grassrunners FC of Sagamu, Gbenga Agbejoye has unveiled a new mobile phone app that would aid proper monitoring of progress being achieved by the club’s players and keep the coaching crew up to date.
Sports247 reports that Agbejoye disclosed this technological advancement for the third-tier Nigeria Nationwide League One (NLO) outfit while announcing their plans for the summer transfer window and build-up programme towards next season.
Agbejoye affirmed that Grassrunners continue leading in many way as far as players’ development is concerned in West Africa and the club keeps making huge investments to ensure they get their wards up to speed with world class facilities.
He added that the club is always searching for new ways and innovations on how to get better in the highly competitive sports management business, hence their introduction of an in-house player development stack on hardware.
The CEO added that the software app will be owned and exclusively written by the team, with a first of its kind GPS in this part of the world, which will track every player in training and matches with the same metrics top European clubs use.
Agbejoye further highlighted it as a processing pipeline that turns raw GPS into individual profile, with session reports regarding distance, sprints, heatmaps, acceleration and longitudinal history for each player in the fast-rising club.
He added, “This is a game changer. This will completely enhance operational dynamics, while optimising output for a more effective result. It’s a coach-facing app that runs on Android and iOS phones.
“Therefore, any coach can read player’s report on the touchline. In simple terms: this is geared towards how to make Grassrunners players better, faster and visible because it eliminates guesses or estimation but enthrones exactness.”
