WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- The Wake Forest football team is taking injury prevention a step further, by using new technology during practices and games this fall.

• Wake Forest football players have started wearing a GPS catapult system, which tracks how hard a player is working
• The goal is to increase a player's intensity gradually, so there is less risk for injury
• Since it tracks how hard players are working, the coach will steadily increase the team's workload to make sure they're easing into season play

Wake Forest football players have started wearing a GPS catapult system, which tracks how hard a player is working.

The goal is to increase a player's intensity gradually, so there is less risk for injury.

Assistant Athletic Trainer, Chris Hanks, said about 50 players are wearing them this year, and he said they've seen a significant decrease in injuries this pre-season.

Since it tracks how hard players are working, the coach will steadily increase the team's workload to make sure they're easing into season play.

Players said they're already seeing the results.

“I mean, I think it just allows us to get into game shape in the proper way. I mean, we don't just rush in and get to a workload that our bodies can't really take, so the first week of camp we're not out here doing crazy workloads where soft tissue injuries usually occur. We're slowly building up that, and now we're at a point where we're starting to get ready for a game workload, which is a very high workload,” said linebacker, Justin Strnad.

Strnad said the team is not going to take a week off for bye weeks this season because trainers explained science shows when the workload doesn't increase at a steady rate, there's a higher risk for injury, so the team doesn't want to lose that momentum.