English Premier League adopts DJI drones to improve referee skills

Drones have become a part of the English Premier League football referee training program. With the new season now underway, referees and assistant referees are using video footage captured by DJI Mavic 3 Enterprise and the DJI Matrice 30 drones during practice matches to analyze their movements from above.

Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL), the body responsible for the management and development of officials in English professional football, has been working with drone technology specialist Coptrz for almost a year now to unlock overhead perspectives that were once out of reach with static cameras.

And why not? A bird’s-eye view of the game can help referees refine their positioning during key moments of matches, while assistants can look at how to improve their line of sight and gain the optimum angle to make decisions during games.

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