Coaches' Voice, one of the most trusted platforms in the global coaching community, is bringing PlayerData's GPS tracking technology to its upcoming elite events. In doing so, they will be giving clubs access to a professional level experience.

For Coaches' Voice, whose community spans every level of the game, the move reflects a clear commitment to delivering elite standards to every participant.

"Coaches' Voice exists to raise the standard of coaching at every level, and the environment players compete in is a big part of that," said Magnus Alford, Co-Founder of Coaches' Voice. "Bringing PlayerData's technology into our events gives participants a genuine professional match-day experience, including access to data and insights that most of them have never had the chance to work with. That's exactly the kind of value we want to deliver to our community."

At select Coaches' Voice events, players will be tracked using PlayerData's wearable GPS units, generating FIFA Quality data on distance, top speed, accelerations, decelerations, workload, and more. Coaches will have access to the kind of objective performance benchmarking that professional programmes build their training environments around.

But the headline feature is something coaches and players at this level have genuinely never encountered before.

Clubs will play with the world's first GPS-enabled connected ball.

PlayerData's Connected Ball automatically tracks touches, time on ball, pass counts, pass distance, and ball velocity delivering a layer of technical and tactical insight that has never been available in a grassroots environment. No beacons. No calibration. No setup required. Roll it out and play. The data takes care of itself.

The Connected Ball is available to a limited selection of customers in 2026 and represents a significant step forward in what performance tracking can offer football at scale. By removing the technical barriers that have historically limited ball tracking to professional environments, PlayerData is making it possible for coaches at every level to access objective technical and tactical data without disrupting the flow of training or competition.

For a grassroots coach, this data changes the conversation in ways that matter. Knowing which players covered the most ground, which ones hit top speed, and how passing volumes and time on ball tracked across a match gives coaches something objective to work with whether planning the next session, reviewing performance, managing player loads across a tournament, or simply having a more informed conversation with a player about their game.

For the players themselves, seeing that data for the first time tends to be a significant moment. It makes the abstract concrete and gives ambitious players something real to measure themselves against.

This collaboration is a natural extension of a mission PlayerData has built its product around since day one.

"Coaches' Voice is giving grassroots players and coaches a real taste of what professional performance environments look and feel like," said Roy Hotrabhvanon, Co-Founder of PlayerData. "When a player sees their distance covered, their sprint data, and their passing metrics from a connected ball all in one place after a match, something changes. They start to understand their own game differently. That's what we've always believed this technology can do, and we're proud to be part of delivering that experience."

Coaches' Voice events are already known for delivering high-quality experiences to the coaching community. Adding professional-grade GPS tracking and Connected Ball technology raises that bar further.

More details on the specific events featuring PlayerData technology will be announced by Coaches' Voice in the coming weeks.

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