By: Maryland Athletics
February 2, 2017 (COLLEGE PARK, MD) The University of Maryland Men’s Basketball today announced its partnership with Sparta Science, a Silicon Valley company that applies data and technology to the pursuit of human resilience.
Through the partnership, Maryland Basketball is using the state-of-the-art Sparta platform to gain meaningful insight on how to improve student-athlete performance and reduce player injury risk. With Sparta, Maryland’s program can monitor force readiness and player health and maximize athlete potential through the Sparta Scan, which uses scientifically validated data models to quickly diagnose and track each athlete.
“In partnering with Sparta Science, we have been provided with meaningful information on how to best put our student-athletes in a position to be successful,” said Maryland head coach Mark Turgeon.