What We Do

Unparalleled science-driven solutions for optimizing athlete performance

Uniquely blending Data Science and Sports Science to generate customized indicators of injury, optimal training load and recovery strategies.

“Orreco allows us to provide our players with timely and customized interventions based on their own data and specific to each athlete's needs. Our players respond well to the individualization, and it enables them to play a significant role in their own recovery status.”

Casey Smith,

Head Athletic Trainer, Dallas Mavericks

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“Orreco provides us with rapid, reliable results, and most importantly, their multi-disciplinary team provides us with elite sport-specific feedback.”

Dr. Paul Catterson,

Head of Medical Services, Newcastle United

Sports Science

Biomarker Analysis

Athletes’ biomarkers, found in blood, are analysed to identify indicators that are linked to injury, wellness, and overall ‘Readiness to Perform’.

GPS Analytics

GPS data is mapped against other connected inputs such as Rating of Perceived Exertion (RPE) and injury statistics to deliver meaningful insights. Proprietary Deep Learning algorithms generate dashboard alerts that indicate over-reaching and potential injury risk.

Training Load Optimization

Training load is mapped using a blend of data sources and sports science. Optimal load for game day performance can be modelled by adjusting the impact of training intensity and volume.

Sleep Analysis

Sleep is monitored using validated tools. Personalized sleep strategies are generated to optimize an athlete’s sleep schedule around travel, increase sleep quality and accelerate recovery.

Performance Nutrition

Personalized nutrition strategies are generated to maximize the health, training adaptation and performance of an athlete. Nutrition solutions are based on a combination of biomarkers, performance goals, and indicators such as workload, fatigue, injury status and illness frequency.

Recovery Protocols

Personalized solutions to accelerate recovery are grounded in 16 years of research in working with thousands of elite athletes in multiple sports.

Overtraining Syndrome

Orreco scientists are recognized leaders in research into the multiple causes of Overtraining Syndrome (or UUPS). Our interdisciplinary team specializes in developing customized programs to return chronically fatigued athletes back to peak performance.

Data Science

Aggregation

Data from multiple sources is connected and blended to deliver measurable results. Data can be structured or unstructured and includes biomarkers, GPS, training load, sleep, nutrition plans, athlete profiles and self-reported data.

Visualization

Dynamic visualization techniques are used to display meaningful relationships across connected data sources, enabling clients to make sense of the data.

Statistical Modeling

Computationally intensive statistical models are applied to identify patterns in the data sources that correspond to underperformance, enabling red flag alerts to be relayed to the performance team.

Predictive Analytics

Athlete-specific predictive analytics, based on Orreco’s proprietary longitudinal database and other connected data, is used to identify indicators of over-reaching, injury risk, and overall ‘Readiness to Perform’.

Cognitive Computing

Our partnership with IBM Watson expands our comprehensive range of Computational Intelligence techniques to generate deeper scientific insights and recommendations on player performance, recovery and welfare.

Deep Learning

Deep Learning approaches are used to discover previously unknown trends and relationships in the data that generate novel insights on sports performance and recovery.

Game Theory

Game Theory techniques are applied to multiple data sources to augment our clients’ strategic-decision making on player performance, recovery and welfare.

Sports Science

Biomarker Analysis

Athletes’ biomarkers, found in blood, are analysed to identify indicators that are linked to injury, wellness, and overall ‘Readiness to Perform’.

GPS Analytics

Training Load Optimization

Training load is mapped using a blend of data sources and sports science. Optimal load for game day performance can be modelled by adjusting the impact of training intensity and volume.

Sleep Analysis

Sleep is monitored using validated tools. Personalized sleep strategies are generated to optimize an athlete’s sleep schedule around travel, increase sleep quality and accelerate recovery.

Performance Nutrition

Recovery Protocols

Personalized solutions to accelerate recovery are grounded in 16 years of research in working with thousands of elite athletes in multiple sports.

Overtraining Syndrome

Data Science

Aggregation

Visualization

Dynamic visualization techniques are used to display meaningful relationships across connected data sources, enabling clients to make sense of the data.

Statistical Modeling

Computationally intensive statistical models are applied to identify patterns in the data sources that correspond to underperformance, enabling red flag alerts to be relayed to the performance team.

Predictive Analytics

Cognitive Computing

Deep Learning

Deep Learning approaches are used to discover previously unknown trends and relationships in the data that generate novel insights on sports performance and recovery.

Game Theory

Game Theory techniques are applied to multiple data sources to augment our clients’ strategic-decision making on player performance, recovery and welfare.

How We Do It

INSIGHTS, STRATEGIES, SOLUTIONS

We work with coaching, performance, and medical staff to make sense of your data. We apply advanced research-driven solutions in science and analytics to deliver actionable insights and strategies that help keep your players off the bench and ready to perform.

50%

Reduction in soft tissue injuries

53%

Reduction in training days lost to injury and illness

Performance Director, MLB

50%

Reduction in soft tissue injuries

53%

Reduction in training days lost to injury and illness

Performance Director, MLB

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Data Capture

Any data, past & current

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Analytics

Making sense of your data

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Actionable Insights

Informing better decisions

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Personalized Strategies

Optimizing Peformance

Our Team

Optimize performance, accelerate recovery, prolong careers

Inspired by a love of sport and a fascination with what drives performance in athletes, Orreco was founded in 2009 by Dr. Brian Moore and Dr. Andrew Hodgson. Their goal then and now is to use proven sports and data science to enable elite athletes to consistently perform at their very best.

“With Orreco’s assistance I have been able to obtain objective information about my readiness to train and, in my opinion, their support is a must for athletes competing at the highest level of their respective sports.”

Pádraig Harrington, Professional Golfer, European Tour and PGA Tour

Dr Brian Moore

Brian is founder and CEO of Orreco. He has led global research into sports hematology since 2005 when he uncovered patterns in the hematology of elite athletes during his doctoral research at Brunel University. Brian has worked directly with multiple World and Olympic medalists and pro sports teams in MLB, NBA, NHL, PGA Tour, UEFA, America’s Cup Sailing and Formula 1.

Professor John Newell

John leads Orreco’s Data Science division. For the past four years, he has been mining client longitudinal data to identify patterns and novel indicators of injury occurrence and optimal training load. John has a PhD in Statistics, is a Fulbright Scholar and has published over 100 peer-reviewed papers. He co-authored the first book on Biostatistics for Sports and Exercise Scientists.

Dr Charles Pedlar

Charlie is Orreco’s Chief Scientific Advisor and Sports Scientist. He is a Research Associate at Harvard University and was awarded Physiologist of the year in 2014. Charlie has been working directly with elite athletes across the world for over 15 years. He is an acknowledged research leader on sleep, redox homeostasis and athlete recovery strategies with over 30 peer-reviewed publications.

Dr Nathan Lewis

Nathan is Orreco’s lead Performance Nutritionist. He delivers personalized strategies that address injury prevention, wellness and recovery. He has worked with multiple Olympic medalists through four Olympic cycles and with pro sport teams including NBA, NHL, MLB, PGA Tour and UEFA. Nathan has published several peer-reviewed papers and is a leading authority on redox homeostasis, Vitamin D, and overtraining syndrome.

A Team within your team

Orreco’s scientists bring an unrivalled level of expertise to the fields of sports and data science. Our multi-disciplinary team includes researchers and practitioners, giving us both academic and practical experience, and giving you the power and knowledge you need for a competitive edge.

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Sports Science and Data Science for professional sport

Optimize performance, accelerate recovery, prolong careers

Sustain Peak Performance and Reduce Athlete Fatigue

EVIDENCE-BASED PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION

Recognized as world leaders in sports and data science

A team within your team working closely with your performance staff

Actionable analytics for optimizing performance

200+ peer-reviewed publications on sports and data science

What We Do

Unparalleled science-driven solutions for optimizing athlete performance

Sports Science

Data Science

Sports Science

Data Science

How We Do It

INSIGHTS, STRATEGIES, SOLUTIONS

50%

Reduction in soft tissue injuries

53%

Reduction in training days lost to injury and illness

Performance Director, MLB

50%

Reduction in soft tissue injuries

53%

Reduction in training days lost to injury and illness

Performance Director, MLB

1

Data Capture

Any data, past & current

2

Analytics

Making sense of your data

3

Actionable Insights

Informing better decisions

4

Personalized Strategies

Optimizing Peformance

Data Capture

Any data, past & current

Analytics

Making sense of your data

Actionable insights

Informing better decisions

Personalized Stratagies

Optimizing Performance

Our Team

Optimize performance, accelerate recovery, prolong careers

Dr Brian Moore

Professor John Newell

Dr Charles Pedlar

Dr Nathan Lewis

A Team within your team

WHO WE WORK WITH

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News

INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED LEADERS IN SPORTS AND DATA SCIENCE

Media

COGNITIVE + SPORTS SCIENCE: WORLD-CLASS TRAINING FOR WEEKEND ATHLETES

How blood biomarker analysis can help plan meals, boost performance

This Watson App Is Helping Athletes Go For The Gold In Rio

FOR ELITE ATHLETES, PERIODS ARE STILL A QUESTION MARK

Blood testing for amateur runners: is it worth it?

What IBM Watson can do for elite athletes

Publications

Lewis N, Rogers J, Collins D and Pedlar C

Newell J, Korir P, Moore B, Pedlar C

Lewis N. A, Towey C, Bruinvels G, Howatson G and Pedlar C

Lewis N.A, Howatson G, Morton K, Hill J, Pedlar C

SIMPKIN AJ, METCALFE C, MARTIN RM, LANE JA, DONOVAN JL, HAMDY FC, NEALE DE, TILLING K

SIMPKIN AJ, NEWELL J

Blog Posts

Videos

COGNITIVE + SPORTS SCIENCE:
WORLD-CLASS TRAINING FOR
WEEKEND ATHLETES

How blood biomarker analysis
can help plan meals,
boost performance

This Watson App Is
Helping Athletes Go
For The Gold In Rio

FOR ELITE ATHLETES,
PERIODS ARE STILL
A QUESTION MARK

Blood testing for
amateur runners:
is it worth it?

What IBM Watson
can do for elite
athletes