Applying data science within a college football environment with UC Berkeley’s Mike Blasquez Zone7 Performance Podcast

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

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