APEX 2.0 was built with a clear focus on accuracy and usability in real-world performance environments. Every update has been shaped with practitioners in mind, delivering reliable data while simplifying how it is collected, managed and applied day to day – based off feedback from practitioners themselves.
The result is a system designed to fit seamlessly into existing workflows, without adding complexity or friction.
Start Up Scheduler – What Is It?
The Start Up Scheduler with Apex 2.0 allows pracititoners to schedule all GPS units to power on simultaneously at a specific time on Sonra before a session, ensuring that every device is active and ready for use before athletes step onto the training ground.
Through the scheduling function, units are programmed to activate automatically, allowing staff to leave the devices ready in advance.
Why It’s Needed
This innovation reduces manual setup time, eliminates human error, and streamlines preparation for training sessions or game day activities. Pracitioners no longer have to rely on players to turn on pods, or go round and manually turn on every single pod within a squad.
Once GPS units are activated live data is available immediately, capturing the performance of every player across the training environment.
Who This is Most Useful For
This feature is particularly important for larger squads or squads with multiple simultaneous groups such as position specific or rehabilitation sessions.
Coaches can monitor each individual athlete or an entire group in real time, with complete coverage and no blind spots for up to 96 athletes, without manually set up each pod.
Where It Will Be Needed
In the 10–15 minutes before a key team pitch session, coaches are managing a large squad split across multiple groups. While communicating with other staff, adjusting the session plan, and setting up equipment across different areas of the pitch, there is limited time to manually check every GPS unit.
Coaches check as many of the pods as possible before the session, but don’t quite get round to all athletes before the session begins.
As athletes get into the session, some groups start earlier than others. After the warm up during some early high-speed exposure, it becomes clear that a small number of devices were not activated. Live monitoring begins late for some of the squad, and it is unclear whether certain players reached the intended speed thresholds during that phase of the session.
With Start Up Scheduler: All GPS units are scheduled to power on automatically in advance. When the session begins, every device is already active and live data is available immediately, without requiring even thinking about manual intervention during a busy pre-session window.
Outcome for Practitioners
Start Up Scheduler enhances efficiency and data integrity, ensuring coaches can observe all athletes without limiting live monitoring to a subset of players.
The feature helps to ensure consistent live data across the whole squad, even in busy, large team environments.
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