High school football programs across America are looking for ways to increase their competitive edge. At Pine Richland, the Rams football team is adapting to a new technological device that not only makes practice seamless, it also makes it safer.
The team uses technology to simulate the match against its opponent next week.
The device is called GoRout and is about the size of an iPhone. Players on a team place the device around their waists, and when the team is ready to play, one of the coaches finds the opposing team's game he wants the players to practice on phone or iPad and "sends" it to each individual player's device.
“Now it’s all there on the little mini GoRout device. They look at it, it tells them exactly what the game is, what to do and how to do it,” Kasperowicz said. “Do your exercise and come back to where you were. Look at the device and if you need to move, tap to move to the next exercise or if you’re done, tap to move to the next game. It’s awesome.”
«Thus with GoRout, I know exactly what I have to do. The coach can take notes, can tell me how to correctly do the exercise, what I need to do to mark someone and how to do it», said Boyd, a player on the team.
All the players and coaches told Channel 11 Sports Anchor Jenna Harner that the device is awesome. “The pace of our team’s practice is going about twice as fast as it was before,” Boyd said.
GoRout does more than just increase performance during training. It eliminates the need for conversation, allowing players to maintain the social distancing necessary due to the COVID -19 pandemic .
Kasperowicz said that with the success the football team is currently having, the sky is the limit. “There’s really good communication now. It’s one of the best things we’ve done in a long time.”
