Soccer Tournaments & Statzpack - 3rd February 2011

Tournaments. The time of year when teams gather, compete, socialise, share stories, learn from each other and centrally – play soccer.  We love to work with tournaments
Dynamos Select Soccer, in Houston Texas, holds its Dynamos Puma Cup for the 29th time. The aptly named Valentine’s Tournament will be held over the weekend of the 13th & 14th February.   Once again we are working with the Liverpool Knowsley Soccer Tournament, which is held in the football mad city of Liverpool, England.   Home to Liverpool and Everton, birthplace of Wayne Rooney and the Beatles.  This tournament has been running over 15 years and attracts an array of teams from across the globe. 
If you would want some Statzpack support for your tournament, just get in touch and we would be happy to help. tournaments@statzpack.com.  

 

Statzpack Version 2.0 Released - 11th January 2011

To coincide with the 2011 NSCAA Annual Convention we are proud to announce the release of the latest version of Statzpack v2.0 with the following features.

• works on iPhone/iPod/iPad

• 5 -7-9-11 a side team size

• in flight game stats as you record

• revised pricing service range

• improved website dashboard analysis

• improved game scheduling interface 

So if you are a current user, or want to take a trial download the FREE Statzpack app from the iTunes store today.   Plus, this does not mean we will slowing up our development of the system.  We have much much more in the pipeline for 2011.And, if you sign up before end of January, you can avail of a 30% discount.

 

Statzpack @ NSCAA Baltimore Convention 2011 - 7th January 2011

Statzpack will be at the NSCAA Convention at Baltimore, Md.   We are supporting an educational session on the NSCAA schedule. 'Collecting Stats in Youth Soccer. Is there any value?'

 

Statzpack welcomes Paul Dempsey - 8th October 2010

We are pleased to announce that Paul Dempsey has joined the company as an advisor.  Paul’s broadcasting career spans over two decades. After studying at Cambridge and UCD, he worked at BBC Radio, ITN, Channel 4 News and at London’s Capital Radio before being headhunted to join Sky in 1989.  For almost 20 years Paul was one of the best known faces and voices on Sky News and Sky Sports as host of football and boxing programmes. He joined Setanta Sports in August 2006 and is currently presenting the Irish sports channel’s live Barclays Premier League, Champions League and Europa League coverage.  Paul capably leads the live on-air studio discussion on Setanta Sports and he certainly knows what he is talking about having played professional soccer in England, Ireland, France and Switzerland.  Paul won two Blues and captained Cambridge in the annual soccer Varsity match against Oxford.  He then played football in the League of Ireland for University College Dublin AFC. (UCD). 

 

Dynamos Select Statzpack! - 28th August 2010

Dynamo Select were looking for a way to track team statistics and analyze those stats post-match to develop their players and plan training sessions. The club also needed to track playing time for each individual player to ensure equal playing time for the coach, and to communicate this data to the player's parents. Andrew Naudin is the manager of Dynamo 95-96, a Division 2, U15 boys soccer team from Houston, Texas. He came across Statzpack at the end of 2009 and hasn’t looked back.

“As well as tracking performance measures, a very simple output that the system gives us is a record of the amount of time each player has on the field. It’s calculated automatically. It’s very important for me as a coach, the players and the parents that we have this information and with Statzpack it’s all there for you, you don’t need to manually input the info, no pen and paper, or spreadsheets.” says coach Andrew.

For the 2009-2010 season, Andrew purchased an iPhone and subscribed to StatzSoccer. According to Andrew, Statzsoccer, with it's easy to use interface and ability to customize stats collection based on Dynamo Select 95-96's needs, made it easy to track and share data with individual players and easy to show parents stats and information on their child’s progress as a player.   

“After a few practice sessions with the App we quickly became familiar with the user interface. The support team at Statzpack dealt with all our questions, and importantly listened to our ideas for the App. With the data being sent up to the website done in the background, it was pretty cool to see the data build up on the website. We have saved hours with this system.”

Not only does StatzSoccer enable Andrew to track the teams stats live on the field, it also automatically syncs with the Statzpack.com website where the data is presented in charts and tables, making it easier for players and their parents to understand. All the tables and charts are produced for you.   With StatzSoccer each individual player can be given a login and the Dynamos intend to use this feature next season so that players can log in and see their own stats.  For Andrew and the Dynamos team, StatzSoccer not only addressed their issues regarding stats recording, the automatic syncing of the data with the website also allowed players and parents to become more involved with and gain a deeper understanding of player performance. 

So we asked Andrew what his most favorite features of Statzpack were:

1) Ability to use the product on the field in real time.
2) Records playing time for each individual player
3) Individual player login allows players to view their own stats
4) You can create custom actions, allowing him to record whatever stats they want.

Statzpack wishes the Dynamos 95-96 U15’s Div. II team the best of luck for the upcoming soccer season!

 

Statzpack - Proud Corporate Members of the NSCAA - 27th July 2010

Statzpack are proud to announce ourselves as corporate members of the NSCAA - National Soccer Coaches Association of America. The largest association of coaches in the world is well known for it's coaching education and annual national convention, attended by Statzpack in Baltimore last year.  The Soccer Journal is an official publication of the NSCAA, produced exclusively for soccer coaches. Keep your eyes peeled for Statzpack in The Soccer Journal in coming months.

 

Statzpack @ The AC Milan Continental Cup July 2010 - 23rd July 2010

Having spoken with parents and coaches about keeping stats, it became apparent that many of the teams do not keep any stats at all, minus goals and assists, which according to many are inaccurate.  We expected the younger teams to be stat-less but for the older groups, We were surprised at how many did not keep stats, and also how many seemed to be reluctant to keep stats.  One coach in particular gave the defense "When you provide players with stats, it negatively affects their play." Really? How? It is hard to believe that giving players stats makes them play poorly.  On the contrary,  we feel  that giving a player his or her stats can improve their knowledge of how they are playing, and have positive effects on their game throughout their career.   The AC Milan Continental Cup was an exceptionally well run tournament and coupled with the great weather, the tournament produced an amazing few days of soccer. Statzpack would like to say a big thank you to AC Milan and to The Greater Cleveland Sports Commission for putting on such a great event and giving Statzpack the opportunity to be a part of it.

Statzpack was proud to be a sponsor of the 2010 AC Milan Continental Cup, located at Lost Nation Sports Park in Mentor, Ohio, U.  

Statzpack first connected with the AC Milan Continental Cup in Philadelphia at the 2010 NSCAA Convention.  The AC Milan crew liked our product and we liked their goal to provide a great international tournament to teams throughout the world.  The tournament itself was extremely impressive with over 150 soccer teams from around the world participating, including teams from India, Colombia, Puerto Rico and Canada.  

The U11 Super Group was scouted by Milan Academy and AC Milan Youth Programs talent scouts.  AC Milan coachesalso hosted a coaches clinic indoors while at the tournament.  BW Gottschee were the 2010 Champions and Brian Saramago was the golden boot winner with 14 goals during the weekend.   

 

Statzpack at Grass Roots Football Live, June 2010 - 19th March 2010

Statzpack exhibited at this years Grass Roots Football Live over 4-6 June 2010 at the NEC, Birmingham. Here are a few pics.

 

 

Manchester United fans can now track their team with our new App - 13th March 2010

Now available in iTunes, the ManU Tracker iPhone App.  For all Manchester United fans and soccer stattos who love to follow the game and track their own player stats we've made the perfect App.  You pick the team colours.  You pick the team from the available squad.   Get half time and full time stats summaries and you can even post the summary to the web to share with your friends. All for less than a cup of coffee.  All powered by Statzpack.

 

Statzpack announce VP Business Development - North America - 4th December 2009

Statzpack are glad to announce the appointment of Ryan Knapp as VP Business Development, taking on responsibility for partnerships.

Ryan is a successful sports business professional and entrepreneur as well as a passionate advocate for the growth of soccer in the United States, especially in his hometown of Buffalo, NY.  He also is a strong advocate in the power of using soccer for social change.

Ryan’s recent focus has been on the interaction of sports and social media, spurred on by his current position as co-owner of FC Buffalo, a National Premier Soccer League club.    You can contact Ryan at 716 998 1711 or by email at ryan@statzpack.com.

 

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