Does Sport Science Even Matter?
Does sport science even matter?…A pretty cynical question coming from someone whose background and company are all about sport science. But as I travel the world and talk about the science of performance and injury prevention, I think it is a must-answer question. Why? It’s a question that is constantly posed by coaches and athletes […]
First Annual Injury Assessment Report
Kitman Labs monitored five professional sports teams to assess the season-over-season decrease in injuries after implementing sports science-based analytics of training and game demands combined with specific athlete response and recovery. The results show that teams experienced a dramatic decrease in the overall volume of injuries, with the greatest improvements found in the most severe […]
MANAGING THE UNPREDICTABLE: THE SEVERITY OF INJURIES IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE
The league features world-class players from every continent, demanding the close attention of the football world from August to May. Like in all other sports leagues, however, be they professional, amateur, or recreational, injuries remain a nagging problem in the Premier League. To date, there have been 10 ligament injuries this calendar year affecting players […]
What Is The Real Cost Of Injuries In Professional Sport
We all know that injuries are a huge problem in sport today and we know they are on the rise. Nobody likes to see injuries happen to athletes and we all believe that teams are negatively affected when they are without their best talent. The question I want to explore today is: “Do we understand how much […]
NCAA WELLBEING – NON SPORT STRESS
NCAA WELLBEING – NON SPORT STRESS Maeve Smith | Sports Scientist @ Kitman Labs “you know that while student-athletes may play games, being a student-athlete isn’t a game at all” Brian Hainline, NCAA Chief Medical Officer Stress-injury models suggest that athletes experience more physical injuries during times of high stress. Student-athlete stress can come from […]
What you should know about overuse injuries in the ncaa
Overuse injuries, (chronic injuries) are a category of sport-related injuries that result from cumulative trauma or repetitive use and stress. Overuse injuries are often found in low-contact sports that involve repetitive movements. Females are typically at higher risk of overuse injury than males: One study that examined injury rates in 16 Division I NCAA sports […]
Examining NCAA basketball and it’s most common injuries
Introduction NCAA’s basketball championship was first introduced for men in 1937 and in 1982 for women.The game has changed considerably over the years. Although it is technically a non-contact sport, basketball is a fast and aggressive sport that has been shown to have high frequency of injury (Meeuwisse et al., 2003). The participation rates for […]
Decision Making in Professional Sport
Understanding the decision making process is a key element for any professional team trying to improve its outputs and, by extension, make more insightful decisions in the future. Typically, decision making processes have fallen into two domains of thought: Complex, systematic decision processes wherein knowledge and goal orientation determine direction and reference checks gauge effectiveness, […]
Predicted Workloads Vs Actual Reality in Professional Sports Teams
Predicted workloads versus actual reality, why are these both such important variables for professional sports teams to monitor? Planning and tracking workload units over a day, a week or a monthly period allows coaches to compare what actually occurred with what they would have liked to have occurred. It allows coaches to reflect upon their […]
Making Sense of Sport Data
“There are those who look at things the way they are and ask why… I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?” – Robert Kennedy Data seems to taking over the world. Everyday there is a new product or service offering us more and more data feeds and data points in areas that […]
