Statzpack are mentioned in this news piece in the LA Times (you can read the article in full here http://articles.latimes.com/2012/sep/22/sports/la-sp-baxter-soccer-20120923).

More statistics are being brought into the sport worldwide, but not many know what to do with them.

We are pleased to announce that you can now download the Android version of our App in the Amazon Appstore, making it convinient for regular visitors to the Amazon website to get hold of the App, still at no charge.

Go to Amazon.com to download the App today.

We have a new version of our Apple iTunes App available to download.   We have made a few tiny tweaks and a name change to Statzpack Soccer.

This is NOT an update to the current Statzpack app.  It is a NEW app, with the exact same functions as the past one. 

To download it follow this link and it will open iTunes, http://itunes.com/apps/statzpack-soccer 

For a smooth transition, make sure if when you switch from the previous App to this one do the following:

1. Login and logout of your current App first.

2. Delete the current App.

3. Install the Statzpack Soccer App and log in as usual.

And we have a winner!

Well done and thank you to DJ Bevino, Head Women’s Soccer Coach at the Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York, who emailed us a couple of pictures of his team using Statzpack on their iPad. Styluses on their way to DJ, and a special consignment of English candy. Go FIT Soccer !!!!!

Learn how to evaulate player performance.  Get qualified with some help from Statzpack.  

Are you a coach who needs to evaulate player performance?   We are proud to announce a link up with the League Managers Association School of Football Management.  As part of their learning services portfolio the LMA have designed a unique educational product for soccer coaches, put together by renowned soccer educator Robin Russell of Sports Path.  The LMA School of Football Management Course 2: ‘Evaluating Performance’  is a premier learning program for soccer coaches who want to learn with some of the leading English soccer coaches. 

Since the launch of this course in January 2012 over 150 coaches have enrolled including over 40 Premier League and Football League Managers. In addition the Scottish FA Football Development Department has purchased places for all members of its staff for this course.  This is a course attracting coaches from across the globe.  

We can offer a special discounted price for this course to all customers of just $325. (UK £199, Euro Zone €240)
- plus if you sign up you will get a Statzpack annual subscription for free. Sign up NOW.

Through 30 Modules with over 300 Video Interview clips from 15 respected experts including LMA Managers, International Managers, Directors of Coaching Directors of European Youth Academies and respected Performance Analysts from leading UEFA Champions League Clubs.   This fully online and interactive course allows the coach to plot their own study timetable. If you use video, apps like Statzpack or even plain old paper and pen – then this course will enhance your skill base.   It is truly one of a kind.  There is no other course like this for soccer coaches to be found.

Who are the LMA?  

The League Managers Association (LMA) is the organisation which collectively represents all Premiership and Football League managers in English football. So its’ membership includes Sir Alex, Wenger and Hodgson. Good company.  It was set up in 1992 during the period when football in England was undergoing major changes, including the split of the Premiership from the rest of the football league, and the introduction of satellite television coverage of football by Sky Television.

The LMA collects and represents the opinions and interests of the managers of all 92 clubs in the above leagues. The LMA lobbies with the expertise of their members on various matters to football’s governing organisations. Representatives of the LMA now sit on various Football Association panels charged with helping to run the game in England.

John Pascarella, Coach, of Sporting Kansas City recently completed the course and wrote the following
“The course information is outstanding. It gives coaches some ideas on how to take your own style of play and then create KPI’s that apply to that given style. The benchmarks/statistics give us an idea of what to shoot for in relation to high level teams.
It has created some thought and ideas about what we want to do here in KC with the help of our IT/analysis people and the first step is generating some league-wide statistics to use as our benchmarks”
To read what other coaches felt about this course please click here http://sportspath.typepad.com/sports-path-e-learning-bl/f.html
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A sneak preview of our  upcoming Statzpack app, version 3.

The ASL and Statzpack announced a partnership for the league to incorporate Statzpack into their program in 2012. The league managed out of Virginia provides top level clubs in the East coast region a high quality league to showcase both boys and girls supporting collegiate recruitment, incorporating clubs in 7 states including New York, Washington DC and Pennsylvania.

‘We are delighted to start working with Statzpack. Their product will make our game reporting so much easier, and with our mission to promote as many of our players to the college scene, its’ ability to support the job of tracking and recording player performance is unrivalled’.

Kevin added ‘It is rare to find a reporting system that is so easy to use, but our clubs will be able to gather performance specific data to support our player development mission, but also help the teams with the routine administration tasks they have to fulfil’.

Mark Roberts, founder of Statzpack senses this will be the first of many relationships with youth soccer leagues in the US. ‘During the NSCAA convention we had a lot of positive dialogue with both youth and adult soccer leagues. Where we have long heard that there is an ‘App for that’ the exciting development announced by Statzpack is that you are no longer required to be the owner of an iPhone or iPad to track your soccer stats.  ‘In addition to the Apple devices, you can now use our product working on over 400 Android smartphones or tablets, for example Samsung, HTC or Toshiba, but better than that you can track your stats at the game using a regular windows PC or a MAC. It means that our system is not just affordable, but also very accessible and still easy to use’. Mark added. This announcement is likely to be one of many in the near future as the company continues to establish further links to leagues and association in the US.  Visit the Atlantic Soccer League http://www.aslsoccer.net

Taken from the following article:  http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/13/idUS161951+13-Feb-2012+BW20120213

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Statzpack, an innovative measurement software that allows coaches and  players analyze and improve their soccer performance, recently helped a prestigious private school  in Washington, D. C. win its first ISLAA championship in 18 years.

The girls varsity team at Sidwell Friends, a Quaker school located in Bethesda, Md., and Washington, D.C., ended the season with a 7-0-0 record and an overall record of 13-1-1, for a season-high ranking of 28 in the United States. Coach Martin Dell and members of the team recorded every game using Statzpack and found the program helped improve their performance.

“We were very excited to use Statzpack to enhance the girls’ Varsity program and all the games were recorded by one of the two freshmen on the team,” Dell said. “I reviewed the stats at the half-time interval with my assistant coach and then also with the girls to give brief oversight of positives and negatives of the first half and how we could improve in the second half.”

Dell used the Statzpack app on an iPad, but he also tried the new version for home computers and the Android app during the season. He said the app helped him collect data that showed strengths and weaknesses he might have overlooked.

“The data also helped me work with specific development of the girls individually and as a team. I have a very quick forward who was shooting many times a game but her on target percentage was relatively low,” he said. “After sharing the data and my thoughts with the player and the team, we worked on her individual technique and composure and movement in front of goal as well as the team’s penetration in the final third to allow her to be in better scoring positions.”

Off the field, Martin was also able to share the data with players, parents and even local news media automatically with game summary reports sent via email. The data was also used for year-end reports for the school’s athletic director and league meetings.

Statzpack founder Mark Roberts said he was proud of the results.

“Coaches have a lot to think about during a game: their players, the other team, strategy and even the referees,” he said. “Statzpack helps a great coach like Martin Dell focus by making sure he doesn’t lose track of important details. It’s like having an assistant coach with perfect recall. And the team’s record shows the results.” 

We are pleased to announce that along side our Android version of our app, we have also released a version that works on both Windows PCs and Apple MACs.  This edition of the App sits on a platform called Adobe Air and has the exact same functionality as the Android and iOS (iPad/iPhone) Apps.  Whilst PCs are not as mobile as a tablet, like an iPad, they do make our service very accessible and in the right environment work just as well, if not better. 

As well as a much improved ‘add a game’ function, we have brushed up our UI (User Interface) and generally improved the overall user experience.

You can download any of our Apps for free by going to our homepage and clicking on the icon.

Statzpack will be attending the yearly this coming January 11-15, 2012.  We will be joining up with the US Adult Soccer Association and you can come and meet us on Stand 1611, where you can test ride our product and pick up a Statzpack Stylus.  If anyone wants an individual meeting email us at Martin@statzpack.com.  Happy Holidays.