The year has started with a flurry activity for the team here at Sports & Wellbeing Analytics. Whilst our accurate, valid and reliable way of monitoring head impact is clear to the teams and athlete’s we are working with, the real value of our work is in the analysis and insight we provide to help improve both player welfare and team performance. We are constantly trying to explore and push the boundaries of what is possible with the data. The new insights we are able to deliver and the work our Sports Scientists do with the teams and athlete’s they support are creating new and exciting opportunities for both performance and welfare.

We were proud to announce earlier this month our partnership with Salford Red Devils in Rugby League. In recent times Salford have been praised for managing their small squad so well and still reaching Grand Finals. Their emphasis on delivering great performance through player welfare has paid dividends for them and we are delighted that they are working with us to help them drive this ethos even further.

This is the first of what will be a series of exciting news as we begin to make significant strides in a number of other sports. We are looking forward to sharing these developments with you in the near future.

We know that Rugby’s leaders at every level take improving player welfare and safety very seriously and are pleased to have been involved in conversations at all levels of the game in both codes. Whilst the team’s we work with are enjoying significant performance benefits, it is equally important to us that the games administrators continue to talk to us about how PROTECHT can help with a much wider playing population.

As always, we are open for any discussion and where we can, want to help player welfare and team performance through data driven decision making.