Behind the Scenes: NFL's On-field Player Tracking Technology

“As football fans, we’ve all heard that a quarterback can really spin it,” says John "JP" Pollard, vice president of business development at Zebra MotionWorks™ Sport. But now, equipped with Zebra’s innovative tracking technology, “the tag in the football actually allows us to calculate in a quantifiable way the actual spin rate of the football.” In its seventh year as the official on-field player-tracking provider of the NFL, Zebra fuels the League’s Next Gen Stats program by collecting real-time location data that captures the activity of every player in every play on every inch of the field. Hear about how Zebra’s tracking technology works and how data could enhance the future of football in the latest episode with host Shawn Fitzgerald. Resources From This Episode: Learn more about John "JP" Pollard: https://www.zebra.com/us/en/blog/authors/john-pollard.html Learn more about Zebra Motionworks Sport: https://www.zebra.com/us/en/solutions/intelligent-edge-solutions/rtls/sports-player-tracking.html Learn more about Zebra's partnership with the NFL: https://www.zebra.com/us/en/nfl.html How High-tech Player Tracking Became a Key Part of the NFL [Q&A Interview] [Thomas Insights]: https://www.thomasnet.com/insights/how-zebra-technologies-brought-high-tech-player-tracking-to-the-nfl-q-a-interview/