Larissa Horton

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FT Tech Tonic · Rewiring sport: How technology is helping athletes break barriers · 1 Jul 2026 podcast

Can he find a little bit extra just to squeeze that last little bit out?

There's entire social media crews that are following the athlete to every practice, journaling their entire story from training to games.

I'm the CEO here at Sumer Sports.

Typically what a kid submits is 30 seconds of film that a recruiter will watch of you to decide if they're going to now invest the next two to five minutes to watch more film, to then decide if they're going to invite you to a practice

When you go to these camps, there will be a subset of scouts or recruiters that will show up and then you can go and get measured.

These measurements then get posted to a public website.

The challenge is the price of these camps are becoming more and more of a, I would say, a difficulty for everyone to get measured, to get seen.

We've heard from many families, average cap cost being about $5,000 US.

So it's definitely our biggest concern is the pay to play that is happening in the market.

If you want to have the best pro sport, you want to make sure you're finding the best athletes.

But what if you're filtering them out too early just because you can't see them since the places you're looking are now becoming pay to play?

We actually start by ingesting raw data like film, and we turn that film into insights for the player, the coach, everyone in the sports ecosystem.

Kids can actually download this app.

They can measure themselves for wingspan, hand size, height, and even their 40 time.

Looking at your measurables and then also looking at what are areas that I can improve.

For example, if you can put on some weight but keep your time, your 40 time, does that boost your chances of going from looking like a D2 athlete to a D1 athlete?

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