AZ Alkmaar Enter 3-Year Partnership to Elevate Performance

Introduction

Catapult, the global leader in performance technology, has signed a three-year agreement with AZ Alkmaar, a top Eredivisie club, to provide the team with Catapult Vector and Catapult Video Pro Suite for athlete monitoring and video analysis. This agreement will raise the Eredivisie’s standard for video analysis and athlete monitoring, giving AZ Alkmaar access to the best tools available for performance insights.

AZ Alkmaar has been using Catapult Vector solutions since 2015. With the addition of Catapult MatchTracker, the team will have even greater insights into all aspects of the game, including tactical and game state information with team and individual athletic performance.

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AZ Alkmaar Expands its Partnership with Catapult

AZ Alkmaar is committed to making better performance decisions by being data-informed. To achieve this, the team leverages technology, such as Catapult Vector, which supports both the first-team and youth academy. AZ Alkmaar believes that Catapult’s MatchTracker will provide additional insights, enabling them to make better-informed decisions and gain a competitive advantage.

Catapult’s data and video solution will provide AZ Alkmaar with a single platform for all the team’s analysis needs. The platform enables staff to build contextualized performance insights by layering athlete data onto team video seamlessly. As a result, coaches and other team personnel can deliver insights that are easily understood, enabling better support for tactical decision-making, training programs, and communication across the entire team and organization.

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Catapult’s Solution for AZ Alkmaar

The agreement between AZ Alkmaar and Catapult will provide the following benefits:

• Vector and Video Pro Suite for athlete monitoring and video analysis.
•   Catapult MatchTracker for deeper performance insights.
•   A single platform for all analysis needs, allowing for contextualized performance insights.
•   Insights that coaches can more easily understand.
•   Better support for tactical decision-making, training programs, and communication across the entire team and organization

→ To learn more about Catapult’s Vector solutions, click here.

AZ Alkmaar’s Commitment to Innovation

AZ Alkmaar’s partnership with Catapult is evidence of the team’s commitment to innovation and high levels of performance. The team seeks to achieve the best results possible, and the partnership with Catapult is a testament to that.

Kieran Dannatt, Catapult’s Head of Sales for Europe & Emerging Markets, said: “We’re delighted to continue our journey with AZ Alkmaar over the next 3 seasons. Throughout our partnership, AZ Alkmaar has continued to seek innovation and achieve high levels of performance which match our mission of bringing the latest cutting-edge tools to the best teams in the world.

We are proud to bring our experience of working with the leading teams in the English Premier League over to the Eredivisie and look forward to leveraging their talent and passion for technology throughout the rest of this season and beyond.”

Elite Teams Rely on Catapult Performance Analytics

AZ Alkmaar joins Eintracht Frankfurt, FC Köln, Norwich City, and thousands of other elite teams already relying on Catapult for critical performance insights and workflows. Elite-level teams around the world, including English Premier League clubs, Bundesliga Clubs, and World Cup champions Argentina, use Catapult performance analytics to compete at their best.

If you’re looking for cutting-edge sports technology that can help you achieve your performance goals, then find out more about Catapult … With a wide range of innovative solutions designed to enhance performance, mitigate the risk of injuries, and improve overall fitness, Catapult is leading the way in sports science and performance analysis.

Whether you’re an individual athlete, a coach, or a team manager, Catapult has the tools and expertise to help you take your performance to the next level. So why wait? Contact our team of performance specialists to learn more about Catapult’s solutions and start achieving your goals.

Discover 5 Analysis Workflows to Save More Time

Should you be keen to increase the insightfulness of your analysis presentations, and therefore, the impact on team performance you can download our latest guide here.

Our latest guide, titled ‘Guide: How to Integrate Athlete Data into your Performance Analysts Workflows’, was written by Catapult Senior Product Manager – Pro Video, Adam Chovan. He writes:

Whether you’re currently using Catapult or are looking to learn more, we hope this guide will help you better understand the direction of how Catapult is driving performance analysis.

Since the initial release of the Catapult Pro Video Platform, teams can now integrate their athlete’s physical data into their performance analysis workflows. This first-of-it’s-kind integration has uncovered several new insights and connected team workflows like never before.

In this guide, you will learn the following key ways that teams are integrating physical data into their analysis workflows to reshape how performance is understood:

• BACKGROUND – A brief look into the evolution of integrated analysis.
• OVERVIEW – Understand how the key products within the Catapult Pro Video platform & its impact across a variety of team roles – coaches, analysts, and performance managers.
• INSIGHTS – Discover the 5 key insights teams can uncover by integrating athlete data with video.
• TAKEAWAY – A brief look into the evolution of integrated analysis.

Update: Catapult Shortlisted for Sports Technology Awards, Best Data & Analytics

What are the Sports Technology Awards? The Sports Technology Awards are the world’s leading celebration of tech-led innovation in sports. The STA Group aims to recognize and reward those who have made an outstanding contribution to sports technology.

From athletes and teams to innovative companies, the STA Group celebrates all those who use technology to improve the world of sports. Read more about Catapult’s shortlisting here.