Huge news for the whole Plantiga crew - we are officially part of the National Basketball Association (NBA) family through their Launchpad program. We will be working closely with the league and the WNBA (Women's National Basketball Association) on building a first-of-its-kind dataset with insights on how athletes in women’s basketball move on the court - from grassroots players to college to professionals. We will be working to better understand the injury mechanisms, performance demands, loads, and asymmetries that are present in the environments where these athletes compete. We are especially stoked about this work as it’s a tremendous opportunity to advance women’s specific sports science, which is severely lacking in the world of sports. Part of this was triggered by the fact that we passed the NBA’s rigorous third-party validation process. We are now on the approved wearables list! Big shoutout to Taylor Lim Cooper, Leigh Christie, and the whole MistyWest crew for helping us make a best-in-class sensor for measuring human movement in complex environments. Exciting times ahead Matt Jordan, PhD, Lauren Fridman, Derek Ludwig, Umar Qureshi, Rowan Skye, Dr. Megan Jones, PhD, CSCS, Tanner Nussbaum, and Fariba Foroojany. Looking forward to all the upcoming collaborations with Tom Ryan, Shawn Sam, Pat Crouch, Gregory Cartagena, and everybody at the National Basketball Association (NBA). #plantiga #nba #nbalaunchpad #femaleathletes #wearables #inshoesensors #performance #load #sportscience #sensorinsoles #smartfootwear #injuryprevention #returntoplay
🚀 National Basketball Association (NBA) Launchpad News Excited to announce the five companies we are partnering with for the third edition of NBA Launchpad! 🏀 Advancing the Game: Plantiga (Quin Sandler) Reboot Motion (James (Jimmy) Buffi, Evan Demchick) Tonsser (Peter Holm, Thomas Hellmann Midtgaard, Simon Hjære Hansen) 🏟 Advancing the Fan Experience: Dimension Studio (Simon Windsor, Steve Jelley) TextQL (Ethan Ding, Mark Hay) cc: Evan Wasch, Amy Brooks, Shawn Sam, Jason Bieber, Kait Fitzpatrick, David Weiss, David Krichavsky, Candice Haynes, Bethany Donaphin, Chad Evans, Essem Harris, Matthew Conley, Keri Lenker, Scott Kaufman-Ross, Samantha Engelhardt, Rutvij Bhise, Damien E., Michael James, Matt Wolf, Michael Ma, Chris Ebersole, Francesco Suárez, Carlos Barroca, Scott Brock-Wilson
Congratulations Quin! This is a well deserved partnership. I am sure this will continue to grow.
So proud to have been part of the early days with Plantiga. Big things coming, Quin Sandler! Congrats, very well deserved!!
This is great work you're doing. Congrats!
Congrats Quin!! Awesome news!
Another massive accomplishment. Nice work Quin Sandler and the Plantiga team! 🎉
Congratulations Quin Sandler! Happy to play a small part in this. And really all that credit should go to Miroslav Kuzmanovic :)
Outstanding 🚀
On behalf of MistyWest, congratulations!!
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9mogreat to watch this journey - congrats!