Minimax
minimax is used by leading football clubs around the world like Liverpool, Everton, Blackburn Rovers and Westham in the UK, national teams like the Australian Socceroos, and more.
Fitness Analysis
minimax allows you to move beyond one dimensional heart rate analysis to measure the workrate of your athletes. Instead, you can choose from an array of metrics that give you the complete picture of how hard your guys are working and what its costing them to produce this effort.
Teams might use distance covered, number of sprints or PlayerLoad™ to monitor training volume, in conjunction with training intensity metrics like metres/minute, Repeat High Intensity Effort bouts, or number of accelerations. Coupled with physiological parameters like heart rate, you get to understand the balance between an athletes external load and internal cost.
Use minimax to find out exactly what the match demands are for each position in your team. For instance, a winger might be required to do 50-60 sprints averaging 25 metres or more, accelerating regularly at 3-4m/s/s in order to win the ball. Armed with this information, you can check to see how well your training is preparing him for these demands and make changes to suit.
minimax PlayerLoad™ index measures total effort – whether in free running play or tight congested movements. Use this to separate running and non running portions of workload. Understand why your central midfielders might have to work harder because of the short sharp accelerations needed in their position. PlayerLoad™ is the only validated accelerometer based work metric in the market.
Rehabilitation
Imagine the value gained by having your best players on the pitch more often! During injury rehabilitation, use minimaxX to closely monitor velocity, heart rate, distance, acceleration and impact loading. Set alarms personalised for each player and the software will alert you if a player is exceeding allowable thresholds. Elite players often reinjure themselves from over exertion during rehab. Keep them on track with minimax real time monitoring.
Strategic Analysis
Using Prozone or other video tracking for your games? Supplement this with minimax real time animations of play during training, practise matches and preseason. Look at hotspot plots showing use of the pitch, tactical animations showing team structure, movement and space and export these as movie files for integration into Sportscode or other video analysis tools.
Animation in real time, with instant replay, means you can teach new tactics to your team more quickly, helping them see with the coaches perspective.
Catapult recommends minimaxS4 or X3 for professional teams, and minimaxL3 for amatuers or schools.
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Who was your best ever midfielder? Who sets the bar for repeat high intensity efforts? How do you get new recruits to understand the demands of the professional game so they can really step up? How do you know if your senior athletes can physically keep up for the next season?
“…Unlock the keys to great performance in your sport…”
All these questions are about building up good historical information on the demands of training and games in your team. minimax provides an array of work rate measurement tools to really understand the physical side of performance. Combined with Catapult Live online database, you can quickly see relevant performance metrics across teams, seasons, positions and more.
“…Isolate what turns good players into great and fast track your squad’s development…”
For example some teams have turned minimax game data from their best athletes into treadmill programs for new recruits to learn from. Others have built up comprehensive pictures of how athletes develop over their careers so they have a better view of what their next seasons goals should be. Use the system to spot the outliers in your squad – players showing a drop of in acceleration might be hiding an injury that needs management, or might have motivational issues.
“…Create links between wider aspects of your program and physical performance…”
Cross reference fitness KPI’s against sleep patterns, RPE and other non minimax data. Develop a deeper insight into what drives your teams performance and use it to find a competitive edge.
| Distance | Velocity |
|---|---|
| Real time data & alarms | Athlete comparison graph |
| Repeat Efforts | Integrate with champion or prowess stats |
| Facing | Accelerations |
| Decelerations | PlayerLoad™ |
| Possession chains | Heart Rate Zones |
| Heart Rate Exertion | Tactical animations |
| Video Sync with data | Sportscode Interface |
| Integrate RPE, sleep data | sleep data Statistics by period |
| FirstBeat Interface | Hotspot plots |
| Speed zones | …and more |
Tactical Analysis
“Even in the three years I’ve been out of the game, it’s a lot harder to play than it ever has been. . . football’s more structured now. . . you have to be a lot smarter to play the game than you had to be when I played three years ago.”
AFL Head Coach James Hird
So how do you give your athletes a better view of whats happening around the pitch? How can they visualise these new defensive or offensive structures you are trying to teach them?
“…Real time overhead tactical plot of athlete position on the ground…”
Video footage typicaly just shows a few metres around the ball, and is a near ground level perspective. What you really need is a birds eye view of team position, structure, movement and space. Even better if you could have it in real time. That way, your team can practise on the pitch, and you can give them an instant replay of what they did – how they moved – and how you want them to change.
“…Highest level of accuracy available enables you to make assured, informed decisions on player positioning and team structures…”
minimax tactical analysis tools give you exactly that. A real time tactical plot of your athletes on the field, that you can synchronise with video footage and convert into movie files. Hotspot plots show you how each athlete is using the field over a period of play, and where there maximum efforts are occuring. Combined with Catapults SmartBall technology for selected sports, you can also map ball usage and possession chains.
“…Enhanced feedback facilitates faster learning and larger gains in tactical and physical performance…”
The result? Using Catapults tactical analysis tools, you can speed up the loop of learning for your team. Get them to start visualising their movement the way the coach does. Implement innovative tactics more efficiently.
