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Petros Kausiyo
Sports Editor
PREMIER Soccer League clubs have given their thumbs up to the professional collection of data for both their players and teams, with the elite sides indicating they are ready to take on board the use of statistics for the 2024 season.
A few of the local top-flight clubs have been relying on data collated by team analysts, who work hand in hand with the coaches to assess team performances only.
Following revelations that local sides can now sign up for individual player-statistical analysis, and overall team assessment that will be collated on match-by match basis by experts, a number of the Premiership want to get onto the system.
PSL club chairmen, who are the league’s board of governors, told Zimpapers Sports that they were eager to embrace the technology, which would also help them market their players, especially on the international arena.
Dynamos chairman, Moses Maunganidze, said:
Whose club have also been importing players, said they needed professionally-collated analytics to help guide them on who best to recruit.
“It’s the way to go and this should have come a long time ago,’’ Maunganidze said.
“We have to embrace biomechanics in sport so that at the click of a button any stakeholder can access and analyse data about any player and be able to process it into information that will assist them make right decisions.”
Ngezi Platinum Stars chairman, Silence Gavi, said:
“Overall, we believe in the use of technology and data to guide and improve player and team performance’’.
His Manica Diamonds counterpart Masimba Chihowa also weighed in with the Gem Boys’ stance.
“This is really necessary because teams should be scientific and statistics provides a fair analysis of individual performances,’’ said Chihowa.
“There should be a match-by-match analysis. For marketing purposes of the players, the analysis is really needed by international agents. As Manica Diamonds we will definitely consider and use it for the players that we will also look to get’’.
Mathew Masinge
Online Reporter