Kitman Labs Strikes Deal With Top Club In J1 And WE League, Tokyo Verdy
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MENLO PARK, Calif. - Californer -- Kitman Labs, the global enterprise SaaS platform providing the only single, centralized operating system for performance intelligence in Sports, today agreed to launch its advanced operating system with Tokyo Verdy. The deal will include the immediate deployment of iP: Intelligence Platform across the Academy Teams (M's U9-U18; W's U15, U18) and is ultimately expected to expand to include the Men's First Team (J1 League) and Women's First Team, Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza (WE League - Japan Women's Empowerment Professional Football League).

The Academy will be utilizing the Performance Medicine, Performance Optimization and Coaching & Development Solutions in iP - combining medical, performance and talent development data into a centralized, interactive data and analytics system to unlock player performance outcomes and inform talent development strategy.  iP will ultimately enable the Club to integrate and unify all data and analytics from the Academy to the men's and women's first teams in one platform.

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This "whole club data solution" will serve to drive cross-departmental collaboration, eliminate data and information silos, and provide internal stakeholders with a complete, real-time view of each athlete for the purposes of unlocking performance potential and systemizing a talent development pipeline.

"The analytics capabilities enabled by The Intelligence Platform will allow us to support our coaches, practitioners and athletes with the information necessary to make objective, evidence-based decisions across every aspect of the Club and more specifically, across the areas of player health, performance and development," said Takaaki Nakamura, President of Tokyo Verdy.  "From a player and pathway development perspective, we can now combine the unique approach and philosophy of the Verdy Method with the data science of the platform to create a more informed, repeatable strategy for success across all teams."

"We're thrilled to partner with Tokyo Verdy as they look to integrate a robust data and analytics infrastructure into the Organization - informing both tactical and strategic decision-making and ultimately, leveraging that intelligence to accelerate the advancement of the clubs within their respective leagues," said Stephen Smith, CEO and Founder of Kitman Labs.

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Kitman Labs has an established track record of working with top teams and leagues across a variety of sports, including soccer, basketball, rugby, and American football. The company's technology has been used by some of the world's most elite soccer organizations, including Bayer Leverkusen, Chelsea FC, Liverpool FC and Sporting Lisbon.  Kitman Labs recently announced the launch and deployment of The Football Intelligence Platform across all Premier League Academies, MLS Next and the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL).

About Kitman Labs:
Kitman Labs is the world's leading sports science and performance intelligence company.

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