Lower Back Pain in Cricket Bowlers
Epidemiological studies undertaken in Australia, South Africa, England and the West Indies have repeatedly demonstrated that fast bowlers have the highest risk of injury in cricket with the lower back being most susceptible to both traumatic and overuse injuries (Glazier, 2010). INJURY RISK FACTORS IN CRICKET The high prevalence of injury amongst cricket fast bowlers […]
Dream Of An Injury Free Team – Is Sleep Monitoring The Answer?
It’s no surprise that sleep is an important consideration, not only to athletes, but also to the working individual. The function of sleep for overall health, learning new skills, and recovery has been well established; and a large amount of research has been carried out to investigate the effects of both sleep deprivation and sleep […]
Sleep Monitoring: Critical? Or A Snoozefest?
Written by Susan Giblin, PhD.
NBA INSIGHTS: USING DATA TO ENHANCE PERFORMANCE
Kitman Labs works with a number of basketball teams at the professional and collegiate level. In this article we summarise some of our latest findings, focusing on 2 areas: 1. The assessment and enhancement of performance, and 2. The assessment and mitigation of injury risk. MEASURES OF PERFORMANCE What do we mean by performance?. In […]
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF KITMAN LABS UNITY DEVELOPER, DAVID KELLY
David joined our Dublin office just over 7 months ago. He was looking for a change from his Lead Games Developer role in one of Dublin’s most renowned gaming companies. We had a chat with David to find out what makes his job here so interesting:  David, what are you working on in Kitman […]
Workload & Injury Monitoring in Practice
To ensure that workloads are managed appropriately in the field, coaches often rely on setting thresholds to indicate when a player may be at risk of injury. Typically, these thresholds are informed by coaches knowledge, experience, scientific research or a combination of all three. However, to date it has been difficult for coaches to test […]
Are We Running Fast Enough To Get Away From Our Injuries?
The use of global positioning systems (GPS) has grown in popularity over the past decade (1). These GPS systems are used to quantify the external load experienced by a player, allowing coaches and supporting staff to manage training stress and identify players who are in danger of injury or non-functional overreaching. The different metrics that […]
College Athletes: Why Coaches Should Consider Stress-Monitoring For Injury Prevention
Almost half of all intercollegiate athletes will experience an injury during their college years. At such a young age, an injury could be one of the most physically and emotionally disturbing occurrences in an athlete’s development, making it vital for coaches and performance experts to understand the causes behind the injuries. Studies have shown that […]
PRACTICES FOR PREVENTING HAMSTRING INJURIES
Hamstring injuries are common in intermittent sprint sports, accounting for the most injuries in rugby and soccer and the second most in American football. While the influence of lower limb parameters (quad:hamstring strength ratio, hip mobility, etc.) have been well documented, other risk factors associated with hamstring injury have received less attention both in research […]
THE ATHLETE’S DYNAMITE: HAMSTRING INJURIES
The hamstring often brings us dazzling dunks, explosive runs, and other highlight plays, but it puts athletes on the sideline just as frequently.
