First release of The Sports Office system updates for 2019 now live

The first series of updates for 2019 are now live and available on all Sports Office systems. A range of enhancements have been introduced to support users in all areas of high-performance sport. This includes the latest app development, The Monitoring App, designed to assist sports scientists and fitness tracking.

Medical Dashboard:

The new medical dashboard will improve overall user workflow. Design improvements provide easier access to all injury information. Medical practitioners can now add new SOAP notes, treatments, medication and other key medical data whilst reviewing other injury details.

Screening and Assessment Report Charts:

Users can now report on all fields on Screening and Assessment Reports. They can create charts and tables on each field across different players, date ranges and teams.

Player Search:

When creating or assigning players to different teams, our new feature enables users to search for players by their name or position. This means creating and selecting teams is a quicker and more efficient process.

The Monitoring App:

The Monitoring App is our latest native app and is now available to download for both iOS and Android.

It is a sports science and fitness testing tool which simplifies the data input process when monitoring and testing athletes.

To support the use of The Monitoring App, users can now find a new page on the Sports Office system. This allows authorised users to create testing groups and set different tests in preparation for athlete monitoring.

Channelling all of the data into the systems main dashboard will speed-up data collection, as well as presenting information in a clear and accessible format.

For more information on the latest systems enhancements contact The Sports Office now.

4th April 2019 /

The Sports Office System Updates

The latest enhancements to The Sports Office performance management systems for elite sport are now live. The new enhanced functionality provides a faster interface for coaches, scouts, administration teams and all other users.

Coaching/Fixtures:

Custom Positions:

The fixture/session planner allows users to create custom positions for players or athletes in their teams. This update allows greater flexibility for staff users to bespoke positions across the field diagram. This development compliments the new Session Planner features.

New Session Plan Features & Print Out:

Session Planner from The Sports Office to assist Coaches with fixture planning

NEW SESSION PLAN FEATURES

The Sports Office has made design improvements to the Session Planner. These have been made along with additional options. Users can print out the relevant information ready for coaching assistance and fixture planning. ( ADD EVO SPORT)

Another option includes defining a default pitch when a drill diagram is not assigned to an activity.

Further information is presented in the diagram with player availability.

Auto-Population of Position & Game Time:

This enhancement enables a quicker population of game time and position played. This improvement also allows you to assign a defined club position to each selection on all formations on all squad sizes. This functionality enables the player position to auto-populate within the game time page of a fixture.

Recruitment:

Depth Charts – New Future Squads:

The Sports Office are delighted with the significant upgrade to the displaying of future squads, offering a completely new depth chart feature. It enables Staff to view any potential gaps in future squads by creating custom depth charts. Users can overlay multiple charts for an extensive review and to also highlights current talent is within their academy structures.

These charts are available in a range of views including two single year views (horizontal/vertical), multi-year and pitch views. These are fully exportable into PDF format and can be download to Microsoft Excel.

Football pitch view of potential future squads

Recruitment: Future Squads Depth Charts

Admin:

Document Library Upload Alerts:

Alerts can now be set up to inform users of any new documents uploaded and assigned to them on the system. The email alert will provide a link for the user, allowing easy access to the assigned document.

For more information on these system updates or to arrange a webinar contact your Client Manager or The Sports Office now.

14th February 2019 /

The Sports Office APP is now LIVE across the Google Play and App Store

The Sports Office A.P.P. – The Athlete Performance Platform:

Over 2018 The Sports Office developers have been working hard on one of the most exciting and powerful releases to date. The Sports Office Athlete Performance Platform (A.P.P.) is our Native App, which is now LIVE in both the Google Play and App store.

The A.P.P. integrates with our performance management solution and optimises all communication, sports science, medicine and administrative processes between an organisation and its players/athletes.

Improved administrative features will enhance communication across the organisation. The App brings all users, including staff and players on to a single efficient platform.

Users can access their individual or team weekly schedules through the App. They can also sync them with personal calendars (iCal or Outlook) and click-through to events to show extended details and further event attachments.

The Sports Office A.P.P. in App Store and Google Play Store

Player surveys including Wellbeing, RPE, Mental health or Physio Requests can be completed directly through the App. Staff are instantly alerted to this information.

The App offers comprehensive video playback features to engage players with performance footage. The video analytics reports allow users to monitor and track player engagement.

The reports will show total views, duration and hits on all content. Staff can assign specific videos to individuals, who can then favourite or download the content to view offline.

Instant messaging allows direct communication with players and parents/guardians. Staff can start conversations with an individual or group of users.

Players or parents/guardians can contact staff via the two-way communication.

Receive push notifications and alerts on all messages to keep everyone up to date with the latest information.

The App allows staff to upload club documents to keep players or parents/guardians informed on a variety of topics including nutrition, travel and codes of conduct.

The Sports Office A.P.P. is compatible with iOS and Android devices. For more information, contact us now!

11th December 2018 /

Case Study: Reading FC

Client: Reading FC

Will Oldham, Reading FC Academy Development Manager, commented: “I would recommend The Sports Office’s services to any organisation looking to bring a variety of different data sources into a single, usable platform.

“Customer support provided by The Sports Office Client Managers has been excellent. A genuine and beneficial working relationship for all parties has been formed.”

The Academy performance management system is deployed across a football club’s departments to support coaching, administration, sports medicine and a range of other operations.

Reading FC have been using the system for a number of years and report that is has enhanced many aspects of their Academy operations. This includes coaching, sports science, administration and also operational activities. The system has become a regular element of academy programmes at many football clubs and has consistently received a favourable response from players/parents.

Benefits:

Consolidation and triangulation of a variety of data sources.
Excellent customer support from Sports Office Client Managers.
Multi-disciplinary reports bring a range of data sources from multiple departments.
Academy coaches report more effective decision making around player development.

The Sports Office provide league-wide solutions to major sporting organisations and NGB’s. Some partners include The Premier League and The FA, also a number of MLS teams to name a few. To learn more about The Sports Office performance management solutions, contact us today.

8th August 2018 /