FC Halifax Town: “I have more at my disposal this year to inform my decision-making” says Wild on new training equipment

Wild is hoping to benefit from the use of GPS equipment and a drone during training, which will now take place four days a week, as well as an increase in his backroom team with the addition of first-team coach Joe Sargison and strength and conditioning coach Adam Simpson.
“We’re very lucky that we’ve got full GPS equipment, which we only had for matchdays last year, but we’ve got that every day now,” Wild said.

“That allows us to look at load, how much we’re getting into the players, what the players are doing every day.

“That really gives us a chance to assess what we’re getting out of training, are we getting the right amount of distance out of them etc.

“It’s been another massive addition for us in terms of monitoring what we’re getting into the lads.”

When asked what kind of information the GPS technology will allow Wild to access, the Town manager said: “How many high speed runs they’re doing a day, how many kilometres they’re doing a day, what sort of distance per minute they’re doing.

“Fans might look at that and go ‘it’s just numbers’ but that really informs what we do in training and how we shape training on a daily basis.

“So it really helps us.”

Wild says the club’s drone will be used less frequently than the GPS equipment, but will still serve a useful purpose.”We’ve had that up a couple of times. It’s not up every day but gives us a different angle on our shape,” he said.

“The chairman allowed us to buy a system called huddle, which is where you do the individual clips, and that allows us to have a look at team shape we’ve worked on throughout the week.

“Again, all those little things inform what we’re trying to do on the training ground. Every little helps.

“I’m not getting carried away with the use of a drone or GPS, but I do have more at my disposal this year to inform my decision-making than I did last year, which can only be a good thing.”

A message from the editor

Thank you for reading this story on our website. While I have your attention, I also have an important request to make of you.
In order for us to continue to provide high quality and trusted local news on this free-to-read site, I am asking you to also please purchase a copy of our newspaper.
Our journalists are highly trained and our content is independently regulated by IPSO to some of the highest standards in the world. The dramatic events of 2020 are having a major impact on many of our local valued advertisers and consequently the advertising that we receive. We are now more reliant than ever on you helping us to provide you with news by buying a copy of our newspaper.
Thank you
Jean MacQuarrie
Editor-in-Chief