OUTPUTTING IN THE WORK

Insights from Irish sports science firm ahead of Hydrox event

- MARK McCADDEN

THERE aren't too many Irish companies that can boast a client list that includes more than half of all Premier League clubs, a host of NFL, NBA, WNBA, NHL, MLB and MLS franchises, and an Olympic gold medallist.

Yet in its five-and-a-half-year existence, Output Sports has been propelled into the pro sports stratosphere.

The company was co-founded in 2020 by Dr Martin O'Reilly, Dr Darragh Whelan, Julian Eberle and Prof Brian Caulfield, and is headquartered at NovaUCD in Dublin. It recently opened a US office in Boston.

Output Sports is in the rapidly expanding business of sports science, and its technology is used to inform everyone from the most elite pro athletes and coaches to gym users in the general population.

Recently, as part of preparations for the upcoming Dublin Hyrox event at the RDS, a group of media and content creators got to work with Padraig Cullen and Sam Carey from Output Sports.

Using a single wearable sensor system, they were able to provide insights into various performance metrics, with a leaderboard system providing the all-important competitive edge to the session.

And while the pair weren't dealing with athletes at the level of Irish rugby or All Blacks stars that the company has put through their paces, they were still able to glean valuable information to aid improvements.