Excited and priviledged to be joining the @NHLFlyers family as their Director of Sports Science.
— Ben Peterson PhD (@Ben_J_Peterson) August 14, 2016Quietly over the weekend, the Philadelphia Flyers hired Ben Peterson, the former direct of research and analytics at Catapult Sports. His new title with the Flyers? Director of Sports Science.
According to his LinkedIn profile, here’s what Peterson did at Catapult:
Working with the players and performance coaches of elite teams in the NFL, NBA, NHL, and NCAA Division I. I help teams identify and evaluate contextual analytics by measuring training volumes, (accelerations, decelerations, change of direction speeds, biomechanical and physiological load quantifications), in real time, to improve performance outcomes and reduce soft tissue injuries of athletes.