October 26 – US Club Soccer has named Fit for 90 as its Official Player Monitoring System, integrating it into its Players First platform that is designed to give players an improved club experience.
US Club Soccer has about 500,000 individual members in the US and as a national organisation is committed to the development and support of soccer clubs across the country.
The Players First platform was launched in early August with the ambition of changing the youth soccer environment and providing a holistic club soccer experience that allows and encourages every player to reach his or her full potential. Players First has a suite of resources for clubs, coaches, parents and players based on what its calls its five pillars: Club Development, Coaching Development, Player Development, Parent Engagement & Education and Player Health & Safety.
Fit for 90 comes under the Player Health & Safety and Coaching Development pillars. It provides information based on player feedback to help coaches better understand each athlete’s readiness and stress to decrease risk of injury and increase player development and performance. Fit for 90 also delivers sports science consulting to a large number of teams at the youth, collegiate and professional levels.
Fit for 90 will provide educational material for coaches and players regarding sports science, as well as improving overall wellness. Additionally, all US Club Soccer members will receive licensed access to the Fit for 90 software platform at a discounted rate.
“We are very excited to be a part of Players First. This is an exciting movement in U.S. youth soccer to create a better environment for players to stay on the field and compete at their best,” said John Cone, founder and CEO of Fit for 90. “Monitoring is highly prevalent in pro sports, but it is infinitely more important in young athletes due to the combined stresses of growth and training; the knowledge our monitoring system delivers helps coaches balance stress and readiness to prevent injury and cultivate healthy development.”
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