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Indianapolis Colts Team Up with Zebra Technologies for Real-Time Player Performance Insights
NFL’s Official Real Time Location Solutions Provider marks its 12th season of delivering data to fuel Next Gen Stats LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nNFL’s Official Real Time Location Solutions Provider marks its 12th season of delivering data to fuel Next Gen Stats\n\n\n LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nZebra Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: ZBRA), a global leader in digitizing and automating frontline workflows, has announced a new collaboration with the NFL’s Indianapolis Colts. This season, Zebra will implement its state-of-the-art RFID tracking technology to monitor player and ball data during Colts’ practice sessions, enabling insights that enhance game strategies, evaluate player performance, and ensure player health and safety.\n\n\n“We are continually seeking innovative tools that equip our players to excel in practice and on game day,” said Mike Minnis, Colts Director of Sports Performance. “Zebra’s tracking solution delivers the critical information we need to make informed decisions about on-field performance, manage player workloads, and guide return-to-play choices. We look forward to using this technology and seeing its positive impact on our team this season.”\n\n\nThe Zebra MotionWorks™ Sport system uses RFID tags – embedded in footballs, attached to shoulder pads, and integrated into practice shirts and compression gear – to send real-time location system (RTLS) data to receivers located around stadiums and practice facilities. The Colts receive live data during practice sessions, enabling real-time tracking of player progress and workloads.\n\n\nZebra’s tracking technology records metrics such as player speed, including acceleration and deceleration, distance covered per play and cumulatively, ball orientation, player proximity to the ball, and formations, among other data points. The Colts join Zebra’s growing list of NFL teams that leverage this information to analyze extensive data on every player for every practice repetition throughout the season.\n\n\n“We are thrilled to welcome the Indianapolis Colts to our roster of esteemed NFL team clients,” said Joe White, Chief Product and Solutions Officer, Zebra Technologies. “Zebra’s tracking solution will empower the team to analyze practice data in unprecedented ways. We look forward to this technology translating into the team’s on-field success.”\n\n\nNow in its 12th year as the NFL’s Official Real-Time Location Solutions Provider, Zebra enhances the league’s Next Gen Stats platform, offering fan...