
Melbourne City has announced a joint partnership with prominent elite sports performance company, eo, for the 2022/23 and 2023/24 A-League seasons.
Undertaking the ‘bi-lateral Innovation Development Partnership’ with eo differentiates from the other clubs in the league by showing they are raising the standards to ratify early technological advancement – to assist and support their player’s performance, recovery, injury prevention and rehabilitation. Every product released is assessed against the four potential benefits to athletes and must meet at least one of them.
Also, eo SwimBETTER (pictured) and eo NuroCHEK add more strings to the bow of sports technology which are going through the development process, due for release across 2022 and 2023.
The science behind these products will undoubtedly revolutionise the sports industry, with the scientists working non-stop on new advancements that will impact the whole sporting landscape.
eo Chairman Jaimie Fuller said via press release:
“At eo, our goal is to build a team of partners who are all at the top of their respective sports and work together to change the landscape in Australian sport, as new technology emerges, the team at eo vow to be at the forefront of innovation and continue to push teams to join the change in defying limits and creating better athletes of the future.”
Head of Human Performance at Melbourne City, Andrew McKenzie, added via press release:
“I am proud to be a part of a club that puts their athletes first in monitoring health, recovery management and performance development, and gives them every opportunity to better themselves and improve on their athletic potential and sporting ability through world-class and ground-breaking technology, we believe in our players, and we are proving that in this partnership.”
eo also has partnerships with clubs and organisations in a variety of sports including rugby league, rugby union, AFL, netball, swimming and triathlon.