Monitoring

HRV monitoring in female soccer players

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The majority of training load research typically involves only male athletes. Females are a very underrepresented group in this area of study. It’s important to understand that women are quite different from men, particularly from a hormonal perspective. Significantly less testosterone and higher estrogen in women really separate them from men when it comes to …

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Best or averaged test results?

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Validity refers to the accuracy of a measurement, or how well it measures what it’s intended to measure. Reliability refers to the repeatability of a measure. It’s important for coaches to understand these terms when testing and monitoring athletes. For the data to provide meaningful information, it must truly reflect what it is that the …

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Key Performance Indicators in Elite Sprinters

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Key performance indicators (KPI) enable coaches to have a general awareness of the competitive readiness of their athletes. In terms of athlete monitoring, KPI’s may provide the most meaningful information pertaining to performance, assuming the KPI and actual sport performance correlate well with each other. An important characteristic of a KPI is that it must …

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Determine meaningful changes in performance

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One area that a personal trainer or strength coach can really improve upon to increase their value to a client or team is to become a little savvier with statistics. There are some very basic statistical procedures that coaches can use to determine practically meaningful changes in performance. Communicating these results to the athletes and …

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Load, Monotony and Strain

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In previous posts, we discussed how increases in training load are one of the biggest predictors of injury in athletes. Think about injury rates during periods of increased training frequencies and volume, such as during a pre-season training camp. It’s also easy to overload our athlete’s during the in-season as well if we aren’t carefully …

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Is hand grip strength a predictor of total body strength?

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Wouldn’t it be nice if there was a simple strength test that we can administer to athletes that is quick, convenient and inexpensive and provides us with a general indication of their total body strength levels? One that requires minimal equipment, is relatively in expensive and can be used with any athlete without making any …

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Brief Cycle Ergometer Test Reflects Fatigue in Athletes

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Athlete monitoring continues to be a hot topic in the field of sports performance training. Ensuring athletes are coping positively to training and are not over-worked come competition time is important for the overall health and longevity of the team. Various monitoring tools exist that have successfully been implemented in the field. To name a …

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Athlete Monitoring: Practical Data Collection for Subjective Measures

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In previous posts, the topic of monitoring session rating of perceived exertion (sRPE) and wellness status were discussed here and here. To briefly review; sRPE: Approximately 30 minutes following a workout, practice or competition, the athlete provides a rating of perceived exertion value based on the chart below. This number is multiplied by the duration …

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Quantifying Sporting Actions from Competition to Monitor Fatigue

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For a sport like soccer, the physical stress from competition constantly varies based on opponent, playing surface, competition schedule and so forth. Advancements in technology have resulted in the development and application of GPS monitoring to quantify training load during practices and competitions. However, this technology can be cost prohibitive for many sub-elite organizations with …

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Effective Athlete Monitoring: Wellness Questionnaires

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Advancements in both sports science and technology have resulted in the development of very sophisticated equipment for monitoring athletes and quantifying training load. At elite levels of competition, coaches may be using expensive GPS devices to keep track of player load. Blood testing, heart rate variability, psychomotor speed changes, and so forth may also be …

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