Zone7 Performance Podcast

Zone7 Performance Podcast

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Zone7 Performance Podcast episodes

  • Unveiling the Future of Load Management with AI-Powered Periodisation Planner

    Join us in the latest episode of the Zone7 Performance Podcast for a thought-provoking conversation between host, Paul Macdonald, and Zone7 Performance Director, Rich Buchanan. Together, they navigate the ever-evolving world of sports performance and introduce Zone7's groundbreaking AI-powered Periodisation Planner.
    Discover how this revolutionary tool is set to redefine the game, enabling athletes and coaches to optimize training schedules and achieve peak performance.


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    #Zone7 #AI #SportsPerformance #LoadManagement #PeriodisationPlanner
    00:00:31 - Introducing the Periodisation Planner
    00:01:57 - Embracing Client Feedback
    00:02:58 - What’s New for the User?
    00:07:20 - Dealing with the Data Deluge
    00:09:19 - Pioneering Proactivity over Reactivity
    00:13:08 - Micro-Cycle Simulator, Version ‘2.0’

    17 min
  • Navigating the Intersection of Sports, Data, and Big Business

    The NBA's league officials have recently emphasized the significance of player availability in light of their upcoming negotiations for a new TV rights contract, potentially valued at an astounding $75 billion. In our most recent installment of the Zone7 Performance Podcast, we had the privilege of welcoming industry commentator and Zone7 advisor, Roger Mitchell. He joined our CEO, Tal Brown, in a thought-provoking discussion to unravel the implications of this development for our company and the broader sports industry

    27 min
  • Translating data and insights into a common football language with Anton McElhone
    Performance Director, Rich Buchanan sits down with Anton McElhone, former Head of Sports Science at Celtic FC, to discuss how he has seen the industry change, how the fundamentals differ between the Premier League, SPL, and MLS, staying on the front foot, adapting how he works under different managers, from Pochettino to Postecoglou.
    00:00:43 Anton's career overview
    00:03:02 How has the industry changed?
    00:05:23 Differing demands between leagues
    00:07:10 Facing workflow challenges
    00:10:14 Staying on the front foot
    00:12:42 Translating the data
    00:15:02 Measuring your success as a department
    00:19:06 Adopting new tools
    00:22:36 Future gazing
    #Celtic #Tottenham #SportsScience #WorkloadManagement #FootballMedicine #HighPerformance
    27 min
  • Managing player workload through the application of AI with Queen's Park Rangers' Dr. Imtiaz Ahmad

    Performance Director, Rich Buchanan sits down with Dr. Imtiaz Ahmad, Head of Medicine & Performance at QPR FC, to discuss the workflow challenges he faces on a day-to-day basis, the due diligence he and his team take on applying new methods and technology, and how measures success.

    A Timeline
    00:04:46 How have you seen the industry change since you entered?
    00:08:12 What are the organisational challenges that you face?
    00:10:32 Workflow challenges
    00:13:06 Dealing with medium to long term perspectives
    00:15:34 Pitching ideas to the board
    00:17:09 Due diligence on new methods and technologies
    00:20:39 What does the performance landscape look like from a 'tools' perspective
    00:23:47 Variations of workflows between disciplines
    00:25:33 Does your due diligence change between sports?
    00:27:24 "Evolving not revolutionising"
    00:28:54 Measuring Success
    00:32:16 The Next 5 Years


    #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #MachineLearning #Founders #HighPerformance #SportsTech

    37 min
  • The Future of AI in Human Performance

    Zone7's founders, Tal Brown (CEO) and Eyal Eliakim (CTO), sit down together to discuss challenges they have faced while building Zone7, the future of AI in the human performance space, how AI can assist human experts, applying sports injury forecasting to consumer products, and even the impact of ChatGPT towards broader AI adoption.


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    #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #MachineLearning #Founders #HighPerformance #SportsTech

    35 min
  • Applying data science within a college football environment with UC Berkeley’s Mike Blasquez

    The California Golden Bears Football team has 115 student athletes, ten different position groups, ten different position coaches and performance staff. It’s a complex environment. They’ve got kids that play a lot, and they’ve got kids that don’t play much.


    For Mike Blasquez, Assistant Athletics Director at UC Berkeley, it is imperative for him to be able to get a snapshot of these athletes’ performance data so as to make informed decisions to manage their workloads.

    Blasquez joins Zone7 CEO Tal Brown and experienced Sports Science Consultant Jo Clubb to discuss why they have adopted Zone7 within their environment, interpreting risk and what drives it, and the data science process of converting what was predominantly a soccer-based system previously for the demands of a College Football.

    Zone7 Performance Hub

    Global Performance Insights

    00:00 - Intro

    11:53 – Support for expert operators

    34:05 – Information efficiency

    35:32 -  Figuring out what’s next

    #ArtificialIntelligence #UCBerkeley #GoldenBears #CollegeFootball #DataScience #SportsScience #Workload Management #Football #AmericanFootball #Pac12 #GoBears

    53 min
  • Unlocking performance data to make better informed decisions with Rich Buchanan and Ben Mackenzie

    Rich Buchanan first identified the need to make more efficient sense of data whilst he was working as Performance Director for Swansea City AFC in the Premier League in 2014/15. Years after beginning that search for an answer, he found Zone7. Then the stars aligned with Buchanan becoming Performance Director for the company in early 2021.


    Ben Mackenzie has a similar background to Buchanan having also spent around two-decades working within professional football. However, Mackenzie's journey to the company took a very different route, with him retraining as a software engineer and data scientist in 2019. Mackenzie joined the company as a Data Research Analyst in 2022.

    In this episode, Paul Macdonald is joined by the pair to discuss what brought them both to Zone7, the increasing impact of data science within high performance sport, and what the future looks like for the company and for the industry.

    To find more information on Zone7, please visit zone7.ai


    #DataScience #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #BigData #HighPerformance #SportsScience #SportsPerformance #HumanPerformance #Football #Soccer

    39 min
  • Special: How injuries impacted Jordi Cruyff's longevity in the game

    How artificial intelligence technology can help promote elite-level athlete performance.

    Paul MacDonald speaks to Jordi Cruyff. Jordi is a former Barcelona & Manchester United star. We discuss his career, how injuries impacted his longevity in the game and how he is looking to change things with the introduction of Zone7 technology across all sports & sectors.

    Zone7

    Jordi's Wiki page

    TIMESTAMPS

    00:00:00 Intro

    00:00:28 Jordi’s Career Injuries

    00:03:56 Playing to prove yourself

    00:05:21 Support for players then v support for players now

    00:06:58 Modern football schedules

    00:09:59 New substitution rules

    00:14:12 Jordi working with Zone7

    00:19:10 Resistance from clubs to use the technology

    00:24:07 The Future of Zone7

    27 min
  • Pilot: What is Zone7?

    How artificial intelligence technology can help promote elite-level athlete performance.

    zone7.ai

    In this, our very first episode, we discuss injuries and what zone7 technology can do to help prevent them.

    Host: Ben Jacobs 

    ben-jacobs.com

    Panel: 

    Tal Brown

    Co-Founder & CEO of Zone7

    John Colquhoun

    Wikipedia page here. Played for Celtic, Hearts, Sunderland and Scotland. Zone7 investor.

    Rebecca Bex Smith

    Wikipedia page here. Played for NZ in Olympics and world cups, lead Wolfsburg to titles with Bundesliga, UEFA Women's Champion League and Ladies first cup.  Leading several industry initiatives around female athlete wellbeing and performance with experience through roles in COPA90, FIFA and Isokinetic Medical.  A strategic advisor for Zone7 for marketing and women's sports.

    Federico Smanio

    Wikipedia page here, played for several Serie B teams.  CEO of Wylab, Europe's first sports accelerator and an early investor of Zone7.  Considered a European sports-tech advocate and expert, with a vast experience from previous roles in Serie A/B.

    57 min

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