Any environment
Indoors and outdoors, including extreme heat.
How Sportlight measures athlete movement
LiDAR measures each player’s movement directly, rather than inferring it from satellite signals or reconstructing it from video. AI then identifies who is who.
Why Sportlight LiDAR
Measured directly
The distance to each player, measured by laser from fixed sensors.
Every direction
Direct measurement of each player’s path, curves included.
What is LiDAR?
LiDAR sends out laser pulses and times their return, measuring where every player is, directly and many times a second.
Read moreFrom laser pulse to coaching decision
What is measured, what is calculated, and what is modelled.
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Capture
LiDAR and cameras follow every player across the whole pitch.
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Process
AI identifies who is who, and every metric is calculated from the measurement.
- 03
Review
Results reach staff through the portal, match reports and data export.
Built into your stadium and training ground
LiDAR works indoors and outdoors, including in extreme heat.
Stadium systems
Fixed LiDAR sensors and cameras, mounted in the stadium structure, cover the whole pitch. Nothing to wear and no routine calibration.
Training ground systems
One sensor can cover more than one pitch, depending on the layout.
Installed by Sportlight
Staff switch it on, run the session and switch it off.
Every player identified, every dataset checked
LiDAR captures how each player moves. Cameras capture who is moving.
Read moreHow · LiDAR cluster
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The Sportlight portal
Athlete monitoring software built on one measurement standard.
The portal is where staff review every match, rehab session and test. Each module answers a different question.
- Match Report
- Premium Licence
- Player Development
- Wellness
- Rehab
- Testing
Match Report
Review every player in a match, side by side with the opposition.
Available modules depend on your package and competition.
Do football players wear tracking devices?
Many clubs use GPS vests in training and, where competition rules allow, in matches. Sportlight doesn't need them. Fixed sensors measure every player without anything to wear.
How is each player identified?
Cameras feed an AI model that matches each tracked player to an identity, and our data team checks the result before it is released.
How accurate is Sportlight?
In a peer-reviewed study against 64-camera motion capture (two players, football-specific tasks), velocity error was 0.04–0.14 m/s and acceleration error 0.16–0.70 m/s². We publish the scope of every study in our research library.
Read the researchWhat hardware and venue setup are required?
Fixed LiDAR sensors and cameras, installed by Sportlight. Each installation is scoped with a site visit to confirm coverage areas, mounting points and connections.
Does it work indoors and in extreme heat?
Yes. LiDAR works indoors and outdoors, including in high temperatures.
What does the analysis portal show?
Match reports, player and team analysis, benchmarking, wellness indicators, rehab and testing modules, depending on your package. See the portal section above.
Talk to us about your stadium
Tell us about your stadium or training ground. We’ll show you how it works.
Discuss your installation