Ben is a performance coach who has worked in professional sport for 15 years. He has a Masters in Strength and Conditioning and has experience working across all levels of football from non-league with FC Halifax Town, EFL with Bradford City and more recently in the Premier League with both Manchester City and Liverpool.
Ben currently works with Huddersfield Town alongside working privately with professional footballers, providing them with regular performance support and coaching. He has recently joined PitcheroGPS as performance director to help provide football teams with expert support when using PitcheroGPS Player Trackers.
"Having worked without GPS earlier in my career, I understand the challenges of operating without objective data. GPS technology has significantly enhanced my ability to boost the playing squad's physical output while minimising injury risks. It enables me to analyse the demands placed on individual players, allowing for tailored training programmes that optimise their physical development and readiness for peak performance on match days.
Additionally, GPS helps monitor training loads and identify potential overtraining and injury risks. This technology fosters a performance-driven environment where the data speaks for itself, ensuring players are in peak condition. By continually tracking and adjusting based on GPS data, we can maintain a high standard of performance and address any issues before they become serious problems."
Ben Nicholson
GPS player trackers help football players and coaches understand the physical demands of every training session and match. PitcheroGPS measures four key areas of football performance: Speed, Distance, Intensity and Load. Track how fast you run, how much ground you cover and how hard you work in each session, then use Cumulative Load to understand how that workload builds across training and matches over time.
Together, these metrics give players and coaches a clearer picture of performance, progression and training demands.
Know how fast you really are.
Football is built around repeated bursts of speed. PitcheroGPS records your top speed and high-speed running so you can see when you hit your fastest efforts and compare speed output across training and matches.
Understand how much work you complete.
Track total distance across every training session and match to understand overall physical output. Compare sessions, positions and match demands to see how workload changes over time.
Measure the explosive side of football.
Track accelerations and decelerations to understand how often players rapidly speed up and slow down. These movements add context to total distance and help show the true intensity of a football session.
Understand your workload over time.
Looking at one training session or match only tells part of the story. Cumulative Load brings data from multiple sessions together, helping players and coaches understand how workload develops across training and competition.
FIFA approves the PitcheroGPS Player Tracker for use at all levels of competition. From grassroots all the way up to the Premier League.
This global certification means FIFA rigorously tested the PitcheroGPS Player Tracker for safety and approved its use in all levels of football.
A football GPS tracker measures the physical demands of training and matches. PitcheroGPS records metrics including total distance, top speed, high-speed running, accelerations, decelerations, impacts and active time. Cumulative Load adds another layer by bringing data from multiple sessions together, allowing players and coaches to see how workload develops over time. These metrics can be used to understand match demands, monitor fitness and workload, compare sessions and track performance throughout the season.
Total Distance
Total Distance
Tracking total distance is an integral feature of our tracker for football players, providing valuable insights into a player's match fitness and progression throughout the season.
Key benefits include:
Top Speed
Top Speed
Tracking the top speed can be a game-changer in football, offering critical insights into a player's speed, fitness. and level of performance.
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Acceleration / Deceleration
Acceleration / Deceleration
Tracking accelerations and decelerations in football offers valuable data about a player's agility and fitness.
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Workload & Recovery
Workload & Recovery
GPS tracking helps coaches understand the physical demands placed on players across training and matches. By monitoring workload, intensity and changes in performance over time, coaches can make more informed decisions around training load, recovery and player welfare.
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Total Active Time
Total Active Time
Monitoring the total active time in football provides a window into actual playing involvement, contributing to enhanced conditioning and game strategy.
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High Speed Running
High Speed Running
Being able to sprint at high speeds is a critical skill in football. Understand your intensity levels in both training and matches.
In the PitcheroGPS football tracking app, you can configure:
Impacts
Impacts
In football, physical contact is an integral part of the game. Our GPS tracker quantifies the frequency and intensity of impacts a player endures.
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PitcheroGPS tracks the key physical metrics behind football performance, including total distance, top speed, high-speed running, accelerations, decelerations, impacts, active time and workload. After each training session or match, the data can be analysed in the PitcheroGPS app to compare performance over time.
Yes. PitcheroGPS can be used in both training and competitive matches. The tracker is FIFA approved, making it suitable for use across different levels of football.
GPS tracking gives players objective data from every session, helping them understand how much distance they covered, how fast they ran, how intense the session was and how their workload compares with previous performances.
Coaches can use PitcheroGPS to compare players, understand the physical demands of training and matches, monitor workload and review how performance changes across the season.
Cumulative Load combines data from multiple training sessions and matches to show how a player’s workload builds over time. It allows players and coaches to compare recent workload with longer-term patterns rather than looking at each session in isolation.
Yes. PitcheroGPS allows you to compare metrics such as distance, top speed, high-speed running, accelerations and workload between training sessions and matches.
Yes. PitcheroGPS records your top speed during each session, allowing you to compare your fastest performances across training and matches and track personal bests over time.
High-speed running measures the time and distance a player covers above a chosen speed threshold. PitcheroGPS allows speed zones to be customised, so players and coaches can analyse high-speed output in a way that suits their level and playing demands.
Yes. PitcheroGPS uses session data to help players and coaches understand workload across training and matches. Cumulative Load also shows how that workload develops across multiple sessions over time.
Yes. The Player Bundle is designed for individual players who want to track and analyse their own training and match performance.
