ITS A GPS.....TALLAHASSEE – Florida State was a juggernaut last season, manhandling outmatched foes week in, week out en route to one of the most dominant seasons in the history of college football. The Seminoles went undefeated and won a national championship with relative ease, playing in just one contest that was decided by single digits. At the core of their success, literally, is a harness that weighs all of an ounce and sits snugly beneath FSU players’ shoulder pads during practice. In it is a GPS tracking device, and it has been the primary ingredient to FSU’s recent run of injury-free seasons. FSU started using the device on players several years ago to measure an athlete’s performance, manage fatigue and monitor health. The results have been extraordinary, according to FSU coach Jimbo Fisher. He credits the technology for vastly cutting down on injuries, stating that preventable soft-tissue injuries are down by 88 percent the past two years. “I live by that thing,” Fisher said. “There are going to be major surgeries sometimes because you’re going to get a knee or an ankle that’s broke, or a leg. You can’t help that. But a lot of the wear and tear on the body, we’re able to take a lot of the guess work out of now.”
Posted on: Mon, 08 Dec 2014 02:10:52 +0000
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