DashTag turns your Apple Watch into a football tracker

February 24, 2020

DashTag aims to simplify the lives of football players by allowing them to track their performance on the pitch with its new Apple Watch app.

DashTag’s free app uses the startup’s own algorithms and Apple’s built-in sensors to track data. Thus, it will record the top speed, acceleration, distance traveled, endurance and number of sprints of the footballer.

DashTag turns your Apple Watch into a football tracker

He can then use this data to provide players and coaches with an overview of the workload; as well as the intensity and endurance of a player. Last year, the first version of the DashTag also focused on sprinting for its algorithms. Dirk Van den Berg, its co-founder explains why. "Through sprints, we can say something about the endurance of the players. So if you can't maintain high intensity sprints when the match comes to an end, for example. ”

Before the Watch app, DashTag software was integrated into a portable clip-on garment that was worn over your shorts. The move to an Apple Watch app for its player-centric system aims to make this performance data accessible to more players for the first time.

DashTag also uses augmented reality to provide these performance measures. It uses Apple’s ARKit platform to display your performance against professional gamers. Users will be able to see how to configure training exercises; as well as record sprint videos that can be compared to the football elite.

The Apple Watch DashTag is expected to launch in the fall and will be available for free. The option of a $ 1.99 subscription will give you access to features such as personal coaching and customizable adaptable exercises.

It is an interesting initiative of the start-up whose history dates back to 2015. Originally from the Netherlands, the company had a leading development partner; Dutch football giant PSV Eindhoven to help provide a system that players would like to use.

It will be interesting to know if wearing shorts on the wrist will be profitable. After all, it is often not recommended to wear watches and jewelry during training and matches. Apple watches aren't really cheap either.