TCU football operate in a high intensity performance environment where efficiency matters. To manage large squads, multiple groups and demanding training loads, TCU relies on real time performance data. By using STATSports, TCU’s coaches and performance staff gain insight into player demands, helping them shape training as it happens.

Turning Real Time Data into Decisions

In high performance environments, accurate data provides value for the TCU  coaches and performance staff.

For example, Tyrell Brown uses reliable real time feedback to understand how their players are responding to physical demands and whether training objectives are being met as sessions unfold.

“The data needs to be as accurate as possible just so we can give that real time feedback. If we don’t have real time feedback, then we’re just kind of spinning our wheels”.

STATSports delivers this immediate feedback by combining brand new Apex 2.0 system, with Sonra software that allows the TCU coaches and staff to act while sessions are still live.

The athletes wear  the APEX 2.0 units that collect high frequency GPS and inertial data, capturing key outputs such as sprint distance, high speed running and high metabolic load distance without interrupting the flow of training.

Streamlined Workflows with Apex 2.0

Force Velocity Profiling on Sonra

This feature removes the need for external tools like timing gates, which can slow sessions down and add unnecessary setup. Instead, force velocity profiling can happens within training itself.

“STATSports allow us to force velocity profile our athletes without having to bring out different timing gates. We just throw on our units and allow the guys to run.”

By immersing force velocity profiling into the regular practice workflow, TCU can asses speed exposure more frequently, with minimal disruption, and build a clearer picture of each players physical profile over time.

Smart Dock

Recent upgrades to the APEX 2.0 system have further streamlined this process via our new Smart Dock.

Faster syncing and downloads mean performance data can be accessed and shared almost immediately after and during sessions by analysing real time data, it will provide fast actionable insights and automate workflows, enabling practitioners to maximise player potential.

“With all the upgrades that we received with 2.0, it being faster in terms of downloading, that just makes everything more efficient for us.

We can easily get our data to the coaches and to the players as quickly as possible”

Sonra Cloud

Alongside live monitoring, TCU uses Sonra Cloud to review, organise and communicate performance data after sessions.

This allows staff to quickly visualise training and match outputs, compare individuals against historical benchmarks and share insights with coaches and players in a clear, accessible format.

By centralising analysis and reporting in one platform, Sonra Cloud helps streamline post session workflows and ensures performance feedback remains consistent across the programme.

This also supports communication beyond the training ground. Data can be shared remotely, allowing staff to review performance with athletes wherever they are.

“We can meet with them any time that they want to, whether or not they’re on vacation.”

As a result, performance staff can deliver insights to coaches and players almost immediately, reinforcing learning while sessions are still fresh.

Tracking multiple position groups live

For this level of insights to be delivered consistently, live data must remain reliable across large squads and complex training environments

The live data is delivered through STATSports Smart Beacon technology, which now allows up to 96 players to have live data.

TCU’s Fixed Beacon Infrastructure acts as signal hub between the Apex 2.0 units and an iPad, ensuring a stable live connection across the entire training environment. This prevents data dropouts and removes blind spots, allowing staff to trust what they see live accurately reflects post session reports.

As infrastructure has evolved, fixed installations now reduce the need for portable equipment.

“STATSports has evolved tremendously for us. that’ll help us a tonne because we won’t have to carry any of our beacons outside”.

Using just one singular iPad, staff can monitor up to 96 athletes live at once. This level of visibility allows entire squads to be tracked simultaneously, even when training is spread across multiple pitches.

“Having 96 players live, that is tremendous for us. We can pretty much track the whole team now. We have a singular iPad and we can see everybody on one”.

This type of capability is especially important in environments where different groups are working on separate areas of the field. Return to play athletes, positional groups and skill units can all be monitored at the same time, without compromising data quality.

Visible Threshold Insights – Helping Coaches Manage Player Load with Confidence

Within Sonra application, coaches and staff can track metrics against individual threshold.

These thresholds highlight when players are underloaded, meeting targets or approaching upper limits. By mentoring high speed running, sprint distance and other key metrics in real time, staff can assess whether a training block is appropriately demanding or if adjustments are need.

“We can see exactly what they ran and monitor their load to see whether a period was too much or a little bit to low. That allows us to make sure that we’re pushing those guys”.

By surfacing this information clearly and live, STATSports simplifies decision making for coaches. Rather than manually tracking repetition, distances or exposure, staff can manage player limits objectively, even across large squads and multiple pitches. This reduces workload for the coaches while increasing oversight and consistency.

When combining accuracy, speed and scalability, STATSports  provided TCU’s performance teams with a system they can trust delivering real time insights that support better training, clearer communication and more informed decisions every day.