Polar Team vs VERT Coach

** Polar Team is ranked among the top 10 Health and Fitness apps in 18 countries! Polar Team allows coaches and trainers of any indoor sports team – basketball, ice hockey, indoor tennis, volleyball and more – to see exactly how hard each team member is working. This allows you to coach each of them individually, in real time. It also provides information to see who is tiring, who needs to work on their fitness, and who may have energy left in the tank. To coach with Polar Team, you’ll need an iPad and a compatible Polar heart rate sensor or a sport watch for each player.* Follow the performance of your whole team or concentrate on one player at a time. Spot the differences and guide your players at once. Compare several players on screen in real time. Motivate your players by showing them their effort on the go during training. After the training Polar Team reveals objective data on your players’ performance and shares reports with your players and coaching staff. Use the data to plan your next session. *Compatible devices: https://support.polar.com/en/support/FAQs/Compatibility_and_Requirements_Polar_Team_app Key features: -Follow your team’s heart rates on screen in real time (in beats per minute and percentage of maximum heart rate, and by target heart rate zone) -Guide and motivate your players at once, as a team or individually -Compare chosen players on screen during training -See objective data on the effort of the whole team and each player individually after the training (average and maximum heart rate per session, calorie consumption, accumulated time in heart rate zones, heart rate curve, weekly training overview) -Share this data with your team and coaching staff via email as a pdf summary Coach your team to the top with Polar Team. Discover more about Polar Team sports solutions at: http://www.polar.com/en/b2b_products/team_sports Note: We recommend using the app in indoor team sports only due to limitations in the Bluetooth Smart transmission range. The maximum line-of-sight coverage for Bluetooth Smart transmission is around 60 meters (66 yards).

VERT Coach is a jump load management platform used by over 350 collegiate programs. All data is collected wirelessly by VERT wearable devices. The VERT devices capture real-time jump metrics during tryouts, practices and games. The sensors connect wirelessly to an iPad via Bluetooth BLE or WIFI. When using BLE the iPad can manage up to eight (8) sensors at once; and up to sixteen (16) units when using WIFI in conjunction with a router set up. All session data is synced wirelessly to myvert.com server for broader analysis Metrics Provided: • Jump count total • Jump count above 15” • % of max jump • Average high • Average touch (input athlete’s reach) • Best jump • Last jump Best practices and applications: Injury Prevention: • Manage training load to avoid over-working athletes. • Closely monitor athletes coming back from injury. Optimize Performance: • Develop practice plans that ensure best jumps on game-day. • Motivate players with live leaderboards. • Monitor effort and consistency with % of max. • Track improvement from strength training. VERT Coach comes standard with the following screens: • Team View (all active players) • Jump Leaderboard (for motivation) • Player Graphing page (graphs out sessions jumps) • Clipboard (for quick player notes) This product requires an annual subscription of $199.99 per app download for data storage and automated session reports. VERT® The wearable for athletes.