Yuval Odem (PlayerMaker): The FIFA-Approved Sensor Helping Athletes Perform Better & Avoid Injury
PlayerMaker didn’t build “another sports gadget.” They built a FIFA-certified, footwear-mounted sensor system used by top football organizations—the kind of product that takes years of R&D, brutal accuracy standards, and relentless credibility to earn trust.
In this episode, Yuval Odem (Co-founder & COO) shares how two tiny sensors that clip onto an athlete’s shoes and track foot motion at 1000Hz—then translate raw signals into performance insights that coaches and players can actually use.
But the path there wasn’t glamorous. It started with… kayaks. Then a pivotal hire: a former Nike…
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