PlayerDNA Labs is built in alignment with the global direction of football technology — inspired by FIFA's official focus on football innovation and injury-prevention programmes, University of Oxford research on on-field monitoring for team-sport athletes, Harvard's work in sports science and athlete health, and the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference's leadership in sports analytics.
Independent product — not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by FIFA, the University of Oxford, Harvard University, or MIT.
Aligned with leading sports-science practices — every score maps to a validated protocol
The first fully-comprehensive athlete reporting, powered by AI.
One video in · a full athlete intelligence report out
A two-minute flip-through that shows any athlete where they'll thrive, what to train next, and how to get seen. Open it — and start seeing your game differently.
Press the book to flip through it.
The same athlete profile grows with you — camera AI estimates, hardware confirms. From a phone on the touchline to a full performance lab.
Schools · parents · early scouting · low-cost academies
Movement, speed, jump, agility, posture & best-position — estimated from any phone, with no hardware required.
Academies & growing clubs
Camera AI plus HR strap, GPS, timing gates & body-composition scale — measured load, distance and physiology alongside the estimates.
Elite clubs · national teams · high-performance centers
Pro hardware — force plates, foot-pressure mats, smart insoles, VO₂ max, lactate & ECG/Echo — confirms the profile with lab-grade truth.
Every athlete passes through the full pipeline — from raw footage to a defensible position recommendation and a downloadable report.
Hover or tap a card to flip it.
Track the player frame-by-frame, then turn pixels into real-world metres.
Keypoints reveal posture, joint angles, balance & fatigue as the clip runs.
The context numbers can't see — captured straight from the athlete.
All eight positions scored — your top three, with transparent reasons.
Every score in one clean, glanceable view.
A coach-ready PDF, generated in minutes.
Spot injury risk & energy leaks before they cost you games.
The mental side — the awareness that picks your position.
One AI platform that protects players, cuts cost and accelerates development — measurable value from day one.
Injury-risk screening flags asymmetry, fatigue & overload early — protecting player availability and match-days.
Replace 3–4 separate systems — video, GPS, lab testing & scouting — with one athlete profile. Less spend, one source of truth.
Every session becomes measured feedback, so players and coaches see what to improve and progress far faster than manual review.
Objective position-fit & development pathways behind every selection, recruitment and LTAD decision.
One objective profile for everyone — first team to U9s — so no talent is overlooked and standards stay consistent.
Track progress over time and prove impact to boards, parents and sponsors with clear, exportable data.
The engine weighs sixteen dimensions — speed, acceleration, agility, stamina, strength, jump power, reaction, balance, body control, technical and tactical ability, cognition, injury risk, biomechanics quality, muscle-fiber profile and age-development stage — so no single number decides a player's future.
A fast player with weak stamina may be recommended as a winger, with a warning that match endurance must improve. Every recommendation carries its reasoning.
One upload turns a phone clip into a measured, comparable athlete profile — so coaches, scouts and sports scientists make position calls on evidence, not gut feel.
Aligned with the standards & tools elite football trusts
Beyond the eight core engines, PlayerDNA Labs is a complete athlete-screening, injury-risk, youth-development and position-intelligence platform.
Body composition, sprint & acceleration profiling, agility, jump & power, stamina & endurance, and muscle-fiber estimation.
Functional movement & injury-risk screening, biomechanical movement analysis, foot & gait analysis, and return-to-play readiness.
Cognitive & neuro performance, children & youth development mode, the upgraded multi-dimensional recommendation, and the pro athlete report.
A complete identity and background record for each athlete — the single source of truth that every other module reads from, including a youth pathway with parent/guardian details for children.
Body-measurement inputs and derived calculations, classified against expected levels. For footballers, a lean profile, balanced muscle development and suitable body structure are linked to position suitability.
Structured sprint testing converted into a full speed profile. Wingers and full-backs demand high speed and acceleration; strikers need explosive starts; center-backs need acceptable speed with strong deceleration; midfielders need repeatable sprints.
Tests directional speed, control and reaction. Wingers need high agility and change-of-direction; attacking mids need agility plus decision speed; defensive mids need reaction and positioning; full-backs need agility plus stamina.
Vertical and broad jump testing with takeoff and landing mechanics. Goalkeepers need jump and reaction; center-backs need aerial power; strikers benefit from vertical explosiveness; wingers need repeated lower-body power.
Aerobic and anaerobic testing with recovery profiling. Central mids need very high stamina; defensive mids need endurance and recovery; full-backs need repeated sprint plus endurance; wingers need sprint endurance; strikers need explosive bursts with moderate endurance.
An AI-estimated fiber profile from sprint, jump, strength, endurance and recovery patterns — translated directly into the positions each athlete type tends to suit.
Screening that combines movement tests, posture and history into sport-performance risk indicators — explicitly not a medical diagnosis. Each risk is graded and routed to professional review when elevated.
Pose estimation and video are combined to assess movement efficiency and find energy leaks — the technical quality behind every physical score.
Foot and gait observations feed both injury prediction and running efficiency, and generate practical shoe and movement-correction notes.
For injured athletes, a readiness assessment that combines recovery markers and hop tests into a single, conservative recommendation — always paired with professional sign-off.
The mental side of the game. Goalkeepers need reaction and focus; midfielders need vision, scanning and decision speed; defenders need anticipation and concentration; attackers need reaction, creativity and fast decisions.
When an athlete is aged 6–16, youth mode activates and adult-style judgment is switched off in favour of healthy development, confidence and coordination. Each stage has its own focus and a parent-friendly summary.
The final recommendation never depends on one metric. It fuses sixteen dimensions so that, for example, a fast but low-stamina player is recommended as a winger with an endurance warning, while a powerful, defensively-strong, high-jumping player is steered toward center-back.
The dashboard expands to surface every advanced module, with youth and return-to-play views appearing automatically when relevant.
The report grows into a full athlete document spanning seven sections — from physical performance scores to a structured, multi-discipline training plan.
Every assessment is persisted in a clean relational / JSON schema, so profiles, tests and reports are queryable, comparable over time and ready for export.
* Fields marked with an asterisk depend on external hardware (bioimpedance scales, force plates, pressure mats) and are populated when that data is supplied.
Open the full sample report PlayerDNA Labs produces from a single scan — score cards, performance radar, movement heatmap, best-fit positions, injury risk and a development plan.
From a parent with a phone to a national team's performance lab — the same platform meets each of them where they are.
Your child doesn't need a pro contract to be seen like a pro. One phone clip becomes an honest, AI-measured profile — strengths, best position and a development pathway.
Screen every trialist on evidence, not gut feel. Standardize assessment across every age group on one platform — and know exactly where to invest hardware.
Unify camera, wearable and lab data into one validated athlete model — with API, export and the audit trail your sports-science and medical teams require.
The same athlete intelligence — and the same profile — all the way from grassroots to the lab.
| PlayerDNA | GPS / wearable platforms | Lab / force-plate systems | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Works with zero hardware | ✓ | — | — |
| Camera-first movement AI | ✓ | ○ | — |
| Best-position recommendation | ✓ | — | — |
| Youth development pathway | ✓ | — | — |
| Scales to force-plate, VO₂ & lactate | ✓ | ○ | ✓ |
| One profile, grassroots → elite | ✓ | — | — |
✓ full · ○ partial · — not offered. Comparison of platform categories, not specific vendors. Camera AI provides estimation; hardware tiers add ground-truth measurement.
Start free with camera AI, then add hardware as you grow. Every tier shares the same athlete profile and platform.
Schools · parents · early scouting
Academies & clubs
Elite clubs · national teams
Camera AI provides movement estimation; hardware tiers add ground-truth physical & physiological measurement.
Train across three levels, join our certified talent network, and we'll connect you with clubs and academies that need PlayerDNA assessments — so you can start earning from your first engagement.
No. Camera-Only mode runs on any smartphone — movement, speed, jump, agility, posture and best-position estimates with zero hardware. Sensors and lab equipment are optional and added in the Hybrid and Elite tiers as you grow.
They do different jobs. Camera AI provides movement estimation from video; professional hardware provides ground-truth physical and physiological measurement. PlayerDNA combines both on one profile — estimates first, hardware confirms — so you start fast and validate when it matters.
No. PlayerDNA provides sport-performance analysis, position-suitability estimation and training guidance. Injury-risk outputs are indicators that prompt professional review — never a medical diagnosis. For pain, abnormal movement or return-to-play decisions, consult a qualified physician, physiotherapist or coach.
From grassroots youth to professionals. For players aged 6–16 a dedicated youth mode switches off adult-style judgment in favour of healthy development, coordination and a long-term pathway, with a parent-friendly summary.
Yes. Reports export to PDF, and data exports to CSV/JSON. The Elite Ground-Truth tier adds API access so you can feed the validated athlete profile into your existing performance, medical and recruitment systems.
Athlete data is stored securely and used only to produce that player's profile and reports. Youth profiles require guardian consent, and you control who in your organization can access each athlete. Connect your own backend to keep data fully under your governance.
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How the first AI sports academy works, and how AI football position analysis turns one video into a full athlete profile.
PlayerDNA Labs is the first AI sports academy. It turns a single training or match video into a complete athlete profile, measuring speed, power, stamina, agility, biomechanics and injury risk across 16 dimensions, then identifies the football positions a player is naturally built for.
PlayerDNA's AI tracks an athlete's movement, sprint mechanics and body metrics from ordinary video, scores them against validated sports-science standards, and maps the results to the physical demands of each football position — producing a data-backed recommendation of the roles where a player is most likely to excel.
You only need one training or match video. PlayerDNA Labs analyses the footage and returns a full 16-dimension report covering speed and power, agility and endurance, strength and movement, readiness, and body and mind — with no wearables or lab equipment required.
PlayerDNA Labs is built for players who want to understand their potential, coaches and academies running talent identification, and scouts who need objective, comparable athlete data. It supports AI player development, recruitment and injury-risk awareness.
PlayerDNA Labs combines automated, video-based athlete assessment with player development and certification in a single AI platform, rather than offering analytics or coaching in isolation — which is why it positions itself as the first AI sports academy.
Every PlayerDNA score maps to a validated testing protocol — EUROFIT sprint norms, Illinois Agility, CMJ vertical-jump norms, Yo-Yo/MSFT VO2max and ACSM strength tables — so results are calibrated to real standards and comparable between athletes.
