Introducing Coach Connect™ from Rapsodo and Golf Digest
January 22 2020 - 9:00AM
Rapsodo, creator of the Mobile Launch Monitor (MLM) and leading
brand in golf data analytics, and Golf Digest, the world’s number
one golf media brand, today announced their newest collaboration
titled Coach Connect™. The Coach Connect platform will pair
Rapsodo’s ground-breaking technology with Golf Digest Schools’
leading digital instruction content, utilizing state-of-the-art
technology to create powerful game-improvement experiences for
golfers of all skill levels.
Rapsodo’s MLM is a palm-sized device that provides
industry-validated shot analytics, swing videos and shot tracers
that allows users to dial into their yardages and make range
practice purposeful and engaging. Golf Digest Schools is a digital
subscription platform that affords golfers unlimited access to over
350 video lessons and practice plans. The new Coach Connect
collaboration will make the Rapsodo MLM the Official Launch Monitor
of Golf Digest and combine virtual coaching experiences with the
power of Golf Digest’s instruction ecosystem, forming a new,
cutting-edge platform specifically designed to help golfers get
better anytime and anywhere.
Users will be able to access Coach Connect with subscriptions in
either the MLM mobile app or the Golf Digest Schools mobile app,
which is currently in development and slated to launch in spring
2020. The platform will allow users to tap into digital swing
analysis and in-app coaching through Golf Digest Schools. Coaches
can review recordings of swings and data captured through the MLM
and provide a detailed annotated lesson and drill suggestions.
Users will also be able to record video of their swings through the
MLM and access MLM data on their mobile devices in real-time
outside of coaching sessions.
“This collaboration with Golf Digest will take the Mobile Launch
Monitor and use of golf analytics to the next level,” said Batuhan
Okur, founder and CEO of Rapsodo. “Rapsodo’s ultimate goal is to
help player performance, Coach Connect is going to bring us there,”
concluded
Okur. “Golf
Digest strives to provide golfers with the most comprehensive and
insightful advice on how to play, what to play and where to play,”
said Chris Reynolds, General Manager of Golf Digest. “We are
constantly looking to the future of golf technology to provide
golfers with an even greater experience and opportunity to improve
their game. Our collaboration with Rapsodo and the ability to
utilize their cutting-edge technology as part of our upcoming
launch of the Golf Digest Schools app is an exciting new endeavor
which is set to offer golfers enhanced access to the best
instructors in the world. In this way, we view Coach Connect as a
great opportunity to help players of all levels enjoy the game even
more,” Reynolds added.
Golf Digest is part of Discovery, a global leader in real life
entertainment and platform innovator, serving a passionate audience
of superfans around the world with content that inspires, informs
and entertains. Discovery’s golf ecosystem also includes GOLFTV
powered by PGA TOUR, a live and on-demand video streaming service
available in more than 200 international markets worldwide outside
the U.S.
About Rapsodo:Rapsodo develops data-driven
sports technologies designed to empower athletes and coaches to
cost-effectively analyze and improve their game, which is used by
thousands of professional and collegiate teams, including all 30
MLB teams. Founded in 2010, the company developed the first
affordable golf personal launch monitor, distributed in the USA
under SkyTrak. The company continues to focus
on delivering a variety of sport training and simulation
technologies that allow users to better understand performance
through reliable statistics. This ultimately translates into
Rapsodo's motto of "Measure to Master." To learn more,
visit Rapsodo.com.
About Golf Digest:Golf Digest is the No. 1 most
widely read golf publication in the world and the authority on how
to play, what to play, and where to play. Golf Digest’s aim
is to enhance the enjoyment of all facets of the game – making its
readers better players, smarter consumers and more discerning
travelers, while also offering the kind of informative and
provocative stories that fuel the unending conversation that is
golf.
About DiscoveryDiscovery, Inc. (Nasdaq: DISCA,
DISCB, DISCK) is a global leader in real life entertainment,
serving a passionate audience of superfans around the world with
content that inspires, informs and entertains. Discovery delivers
over 8,000 hours of original programming each year and has category
leadership across deeply loved content genres around the world.
Available in 220 countries and territories and nearly 50 languages,
Discovery is a platform innovator, reaching viewers on all screens,
including TV Everywhere products such as the GO portfolio of apps;
direct-to-consumer streaming services such as Eurosport Player,
Food Network Kitchen and MotorTrend OnDemand; digital-first and
social content from Group Nine Media; a landmark natural history
and factual content partnership with the BBC; and a strategic
alliance with PGA TOUR to create the international home of golf.
Discovery’s portfolio of premium brands includes Discovery Channel,
HGTV, Food Network, TLC, Investigation Discovery, Travel Channel,
MotorTrend, Animal Planet, Science Channel, and the forthcoming
multi-platform JV with Chip and Joanna Gaines, Magnolia, as well as
OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network in the U.S., Discovery Kids in Latin
America, and Eurosport, the leading provider of locally relevant,
premium sports and Home of the Olympic Games across Europe. For
more information, please visit corporate.discovery.com and follow
@DiscoveryIncTV across social platforms.
Media Contacts:Brittany ZoetUproar PR for
Rapsodo312-878-4575 x246bzoet@uproarpr.com
James HillierSenior Director, Sport Communications, Discovery
+447778129413James_Hillier@discovery.com
Samuel NadellM&C Saatchi Sport and Entertainment for Golf
Digest 847-830-0357
A photo accompanying this announcement is available at
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