Zone14: Assisting coaches and fans alike

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Across the world the coaching is becoming ever more professional and sophisticated as technology continues to elevate the way players are developed and trained. One company leading the technology revolution in football is Zone14. Hailing from Austria, Zone14 supports coaches and clubs via its unique Zone14 ONE and TWO cameras.

These unique cameras not only capture match footage but use the power of Zone14’s very own AI to capture valuable game data without burdening players with bulky vests or uncomfortable trackers.

Zone14 Cameras 

The Zone14 ONE and TWO cameras are the organisation’s leading product, providing an all-in-one camera solution for professional and amateur clubs.

Designed to be easy to use, Zone14’s cameras use AI tracking to capture players and the action without relying on a cameraman. Additionally, each camera is reinforced for all weather duty, allowing for them to capture clear 4K footage in whatever condition a team is playing in.

After a game, cameras automatically upload game video to Zone14 REPLAY, either via 5/4G, WiFi, or ethernet connection.

Zone14 REPLAY

Zone14 REPLAY is Zone14’s video cloud hosting service and analysis tool. Through it, coaches can individually tag important moments in game recordings to highlight to players, or they can use tagged moments from Zone14’s data analysis and football coding process.

After tagging, coaches can easily analyse footage with built in drawing tools, allowing them to convey player movements or crucial passes.

Game recordings can be easily found again and again by neatly organising them into individualised playlists that suit each coach’s needs. To enable greater understanding amongst assistant coaches and players or to provide fans greater experiences with the club, video recordings can be shared via Zone14 REPLAY.

Furthermore, clubs can use the platform to create highlights for fans that can be shared on YouTube.

Zone14 LIVE

Breaking down barriers for fans, Zone14 offers an incredibly unique opportunity for fans to watch games of their favourite clubs by granting the ability for clubs to livestream games, even for amateur clubs.

Games can be broadcast live and free on YouTube, allowing for fans to watch on any device. Through this, clubs can customise their streams to their liking, such as integrating sponsors for greater financial opportunities. Additionally, clubs can choose to monetise their streams behind a paywall, without fear of losing any revenue to Zone14.

Streaming allows for clubs to market themselves easily, as it continually provides material to add onto social media pages in the form of stories or clips.

However, Zone14 LIVE not only allows for greater fan interaction but also grants coaches to analyse games on the fly.

With an available second screen, coaches can use features from Zone14 REPLAY, live tag important moments to review later, and even instantly playback those very same moments to gain a deeper understanding of what is happening on the pitch.

By being able to instantly access footage, coaches can adjust instructions and relay key information to players at half time or on the bench to improve performances.

Zone14 STATS

Utilising Zone14’s 180-degree AI powered cameras, Zone14 STATS provides key player data via player tracking.

Through the cameras, Zone14 tracks an array of valuable footballing data such as running routes, ball actions, and tactical patterns as well as a wide breadth of performance data like distance covered, number of sprints, high intensity runs, average speed and top speed.

Conclusion 

Through offering features for both fans and coaches, Zone14 provides a unique suite of products that differentiates it from its competitors.

For those wanting to up their game and foster a greater sense of community, Zone14 could be the solution.

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How Musco Lighting is Transforming the Game

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Lighting quality, uniformity, and control are three of the most important elements a football venue must master. Done well, they elevate the standard of play, enhance the fan experience, and ensure world-class broadcasts. 

Modern football demands more than just traditional floodlights. From community fields to elite stadiums, facilities need solutions that combine performance, efficiency, and reliability.

Musco Lighting believes their systems, which are engineered LED technologies, modular mini-pitch packages, and advanced control platforms are the key to achieving these goals.

Musco’s “Projects Made Simple” approach offers complete, tailored lighting solutions designed for every level of the game. Central to this is Total Light Control for LED, a system that provides precise light distribution while reducing glare and minimising environmental spill.

Complementing Total Light Control for LED is Musco’s Mini-Pitch System, developed in the U.S. Soccer Foundation. These compact, all-in-one facilities combine fencing, goals, benches, storage, and integrated lighting, transforming underused spaces into safe, vibrant football environments.

Features of Musco’s lighting include; uniform illumination across the pitch, therefore eliminating dark zones; advanced glare reduction, which ensures comfort for players, spectators and surrounding areas of the pitch; and smart monitoring, which allows operators to remotely control and schedule the lighting. The lighting company also uses sustainable practices with the ability to have energy savings of up to 60%. 

Musco’s systems have already been used by some of the biggest names in football.

At Emirates Stadium, home of Arsenal FC, the installation of Musco’s SportsCluster Green LED system has been transformative according to Arsenal’s Stadium and Facilities Director, John Beattie.

“It is important for both players and fans alike that we have top-quality lighting for the club’s evening fixtures and Musco’s new floodlights provide just that.” he said. 

AFC Bournemouth faced the challenge of upgrading their facilities following promotion to the Premier League in 2015 but Club General Manager Liz Finney said the company’s product was crucial.

“We needed to install a new pitch lighting system to meet the requirements of both the club and the Premier League in a fairly short space of time. Musco delivered on all counts.” Finney said. 

Elsewhere, Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and Audi Field in Washington D.C. have reported improved player visibility, enhanced broadcast quality, and major energy savings following their adoption of Musco’s technology.

Australia’s football landscape presents unique challenges. Facilities often serve multiple sports, grassroots participation is rapidly expanding, and professional leagues increasingly demand higher broadcast standards.

Musco’s systems offer important benefits to help with this development, these include mini-pitch installations, which could expand access to safe well lit spaces in urban areas, which would help to support grassroots growth.

Another benefit could be that elite stadiums could meet higher broadcast standards to match international scale games. Finally, using Musco would create energy savings and have a reduced environmental aspect.

Musco’s football lighting solutions are much more than a technical upgrade, they also represent a shift in how football is played, viewed, and experienced. By pairing innovation with reliability, they support the game from grassroots fields to international arenas.

As Australia looks to strengthen its football infrastructure, Musco’s proven effective technology could help bridge the gap between community play and world-class competition.

Overall, the use of Musco Lighting systems could greatly improve football in Australia, whether you are playing or watching the game.

GIS Industry Masterclass Highlights Pathways for Women’s Sport

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This month, the Global Institute of Sport (GIS) held an industry masterclass with guest speakers discussing the future of development in women’s sport.

The masterclass panel had two key speakers:

  • Chantella Perera, General Manager of Sport at KOJO.
  • Yael Reed, a sports marketing consultant who has worked with Newcastle Jets, Football Australia and Netball NSW.

These two industry experts, representing different areas of the women’s sporting world, delved into answering the event’s important goal of growth and sponsorship in women’s sport.

The role that media and commercial partners have in elevating women’s sport was a key point. Discussion was centred around the importance of encouraging broadcasters to invest in women’s sport directly and not just through male sport avenues.

Yael Reed spoke about the importance of media revenue being invested into women’s sports.

“Media partners with broadcast and commercial revenue is ultimately what is invested in the sport, and you need to invest to grow,” she said.

“Broadcast and commercial revenue also contributes to paying the players

“Media and coverage revenue is what is invested into the sport and their support is needed to help sports to grow, but also to benefit from, Women’s sport is no longer the steak knives.”

Chantella Perera, a former professional sportsperson and with KOJO a big leader in women’s sports events, outlined the position of women’s sports:

“From grassroots we see more equity with facilities and infrastructure for girls now. From my field in the event world lens, the investment from clubs and leagues is improving year on year. The disparity is still huge,” Perera said.

“There must be money invested to grow it. Yes, it is changing—a lot more females can do it as a job.

“But I feel we are still talking a lot but not doing a lot. People can make action, and it doesn’t have to be huge actions. Making those small steps towards that change is where we move forward.

“The Matildas’ success at the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup has sparked a rise in interest towards women’s football in the country.”

Perera, however, commented on the slow impact it has produced:

“It did have an impact with the eyes and traction, but we are still waiting for the influx of cash,”

“I’d challenge the effect and ask: two years on, have we seen enough from it? I just want to see if we can get more from it.”

A key point regarding investing in women’s sport and central to the discussion was how to invest in the differences between men’s and women’s sport.

Reed expressed her key ways in which this step can be tackled:

“It’s important for brands to consider Who they are trying to connect with? The benefit of women’s sport is it’s fresh and new (compared to men’s sport). There’s a lot to be unexpected. There are amazing people playing the sport and their story needs to be told,”

“I think when you can connect with athletes, with clubs, and harness that promotion and opportunity that’s there with women’s sport.

“The opportunity in women’s sport is to expect the unexpected.” Reed highlighted.

The important question of brand alignment became central to the discussion, with the equation for branding being relevance multiplied by emotion equals impact.

To harness the sponsor’s relevance to the team and the sport, harnessing that emotion and being relevant to the fans and showing up for them and having an impact promotes any brand.

An example presented by Reed was the Suzuki partnership with the Swifts:

“By putting players in their content and in the car the swift has been really positive,”

“The business case is there. We now have a greater asset in women’s sport to take your brands to the next level

“To have a women’s demographic is such a good asset for business branding.”

Women’s sport has faced challenges in gaining support and funding to expand and delve into the ever-growing popularity of the women’s game.

Sponsorships and businesses trying to grow their portfolio and market shouldn’t underestimate the power that women’s sport and football have.

It is unique and it is unexpected, as was discussed centrally in this masterclass.

The ways to grow women’s sport are there, and the benefits are evident. Sponsors need to take the necessary step and will undoubtedly reap the rewards if they do so.

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