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Built for every role in elite sport
The Problem
You're tracking physical load. But what about emotional state?
GPS, heart rate, distance covered — elite clubs invest millions in physical performance data. Yet research published in the Journal of Sports Sciences shows that psychological state accounts for up to 34% of performance variance in high-pressure moments. When a player loses confidence mid-match, when anxiety spikes before a penalty, when emotional fatigue clouds decision-making — traditional metrics are blind to these signals. EchoDepth Sport uses the Facial Action Coding System (FACS) — developed by Paul Ekman and cited in over 10,000 peer-reviewed papers — to detect these emotional shifts in real time. No surveys. No wearables. No self-reporting bias. Just objective, science-backed emotional intelligence.
Penalty moment: 72% success probability. "Pressure rising, but confidence remains strong."
What You Get
Decisions that change outcomes
Know when confidence drops
Detect early-game nerves or second-half collapse before it shows in performance stats.
Spot fatigue before mistakes
Emotional fatigue precedes physical errors. See the warning signs and make substitutions that protect your players.
Tailor your team talk
Know which players need technical direction and which need reassurance. Half-time briefs backed by data.
Protect player welfare
Continuous, passive monitoring catches distress that players won't self-report. Meet your duty of care obligations.
Track progress over time
Longitudinal emotional trends across a season. Identify patterns that precede poor performance.
Gain competitive edge
Your opponents track physical data. You'll track emotional state. That's the difference.
“We were tracking everything physical — GPS, heart rate, sleep. But we were missing the emotional side. EchoDepth showed us patterns we couldn't see before. It's changed how we approach player welfare.”— Performance Director, Premier League Academy
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Sport-Specific Solutions
Deployed across elite environments
The Science
FACS-based analysis, proven framework
EchoDepth Sport is built on the Facial Action Coding System (FACS) — the peer-reviewed gold standard in emotion research, developed by psychologists Paul Ekman and Wallace Friesen in 1978 and validated across 14 cultures worldwide. Our platform tracks 44 of the 46 defined Action Units — the individual muscle movements that compose every human facial expression — and maps them to the VAD (Valence, Arousal, Dominance) emotional model. Each player is calibrated against their own baseline, eliminating individual variation and cultural expression differences. The result: objective, real-time emotional state detection that catches what surveys and self-reporting miss.
- ✓ Peer-reviewed methodology
- ✓ Trained across 14 cultures
- ✓ Individual baseline calibration
- ✓ On-device processing available
