How the Colorado Rockies use iPads for scouting and player development

The Colorado Rockies are on the forefront of sports technology, using iPads to streamline scouting and improve player performance. To make it easy to distribute video and collaborate among staff, the Major League Baseball team announced today that it is adopting PlayerLync technology for the second year in a row.PlayerLync is a diverse product that provides operations staff with immediate access to scouting reports and videos of players of interest both inside Coors field and outside the stadium. Players can use the system to review play data that is pushed automatically to their iPads, even when the tablet is in sleep mode. “It used to be difficult and time consuming to distribute video and scouting reports to anyone outside our building,” says Brian Jones, video coordinator for the Colorado Rockies. “Now, with PlayerLync’s technology, we are able to automatically disperse those videos and reports to the iPads of any player, coach, or scout, no matter where they are. PlayerLync has revolutionized our process, and there’s not another technology solution like it.” PlayerLync is already being used by 50 percent of NFL teams, the Colorado Rockies, and other hockey and basketball teams. It undoubtedly is the way of the future for sports, and it will be exciting to how this technology will develop in the coming years. [Via The Loop] Continue reading →

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