Italian Rugby’s Zebre Parma uses Catapult to Power New Performance Insights
Zebre Parma, an Italian rugby union team, has entered into a multi-year partnership with Catapult, a performance analysis and athlete monitoring software company. The deal makes Catapult the official provider of Performance Analysis and Athlete Monitoring software for Zebre Parma.
Thanks to this partnership, the team will have access to videos covering every player metric for every action, event, or game state. This will allow them to analyze player performance related to their physical metrics. Coaches can use this information to enhance their training programs and game preparation.
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“It is a pleasure to start collaborating with Catapult, a world-leading company with solid experience and knowledge of the relevant parameters in rugby. Thanks to their contribution, we will simplify the analysis of the players’ performance, providing more specific sporting data and monitoring the work sessions in real-time,” said the Head of Physical Preparation, Francesco Della Ceca.
“We have the opportunity to have a sports scientist available according to our needs. The quality of the devices, the additional video analysis software and the data provided will allow us to precisely match the GPS readings to the video images so that we can offer accurate feedback to players and coaches. This is a big step forward in the development of the players from a physical point of view and in their availability during the season.”
Zebre Parma’s Partnership with Catapult
Zebre Parma has partnered with Catapult, a company that specializes in performance analysis and athlete monitoring software. This partnership will enable the team to gather data and insights into their players’ performance and make data-led decisions in their training and during games.
According to Kieran Dannat, the Head of Sales for Europe & Emerging Markets, “This will be the first time an Italian Rugby Union team can gather this type of data and insight integrated with video.”
The Catapult platform is a powerful tool that enables teams to capture, plan, analyze, and share critical performance data and game strategies across various team members. With the use of Catapult Vector, Zebre Parma can now bring athlete data into their analysis workflows, improving their training programs, and understanding their athletes’ max outputs relative to game strategy.
Catapult’s Powerful Analysis Platform
Catapult’s platform is designed to capture, plan, analyze, and share critical performance data and game strategies across various team members. This solution is a time-saver for analysts, allowing them to expand their roles and uncover deeper insights. With objective data captured, integrated, and stored, analysts have full control of their performance data to provide insights, visualized through the use of intuitive sort & filter tools instead of lines of code.
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Benefits of the Partnership
The partnership between Zebre Parma and Catapult will bring about several benefits for the team. By using the Catapult Vector solution, Zebre Parma can now bring athlete data into their analysis workflows, which previously was collected separately. Analysts and coaches will be able to understand the context behind key game moments and player performance with the ability to see every athlete metric, such as a sprint, acceleration, or player load, integrated into video.
This new dataset brings a wide impact across the entire team. Coaches can improve training programs to better understand athlete demands ahead of match day. Practitioners can understand their athletes’ max outputs relative to game strategy, and analysts can bring context to key outcomes based on athlete data at every moment.
Catapult’s Rugby Union Partners
Catapult works with leading Rugby Union teams, including national federations such as Fédération Française de Rugby, Australian Rugby Union, Scottish Rugby Union, and Welsh Rugby Union, as well as teams from across European rugby, including Leicester Tigers, Saracens, Harlequins, Racing 92, Toulon, Stade Francais, and many more. All use Catapult solutions to understand performance at a deeper level.
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