Influence of accels and decels on performance
Accels and Decels – How do they influence injury risk and performance outcomes? Many soccer teams monitor high speed running (HSR) as a key indicator for load. Yet in competition such as the English Premier League HSR and sprinting account for only 10% of the total game distance, whereas decelerations and accelerations occur every 9 seconds […]
How Data Analytics and Sports Science helped Ireland on their Grand Slam Quest
When analysing why Ireland go into this weekend’s game at Twickenham on the verge of a Grand Slam and England do so looking to avoid a third successive defeat, it is impossible to ignore that Joe Schmidt’s side look far fresher than their counterparts. One example of that contrast is the two playmakers, Johnny Sexton […]
Injury Prevalence in the AFL
For the last 26 years the Australian Football League has conducted a yearly injury surveillance survey to identify common, severe and increasing incidences of injury, with the outcomes helping to direct research and funding into prevention strategies.
The Sweet Spot: Developing Data Driven Program to Improve Performance
The illustrious sweet spot… It’s as hard to find as a needle in a haystack. We hear the term in coaches offices, gym floors and training rooms all the time, yet it remains so hard to quantify, that many people believe at this point it’s a myth. Common sense tells us that if we are […]
Kitman Labs Shortlisted for Top Sports Award
We are delighted to confirm that Kitman Labs has been nominated for a prestigious accolade at the forthcoming BT Sport Industry Awards 2018. Our cutting edge iP: Intelligence Platform has been shortlisted in the Performance Technology of the Year category. The winner will be announced at the star-studded BT Sport Industry Awards ceremony at Battersea Evolution […]
“Kinect-ing” with clinicians:Â A knowledge translation resource to support decision making about video game use in rehabilitation
Author: Levac, D.et al , 2015 Microsoft’s Kinect for Xbox 360 virtual reality (VR) video games are promising rehabilitation options because they involve motivating, full-body movement practice. However, these games were designed for recreational use, which creates challenges for clinical implementation. Busy clinicians require decision-making support to inform game selection and implementation that address individual […]
WHAT’S IN YOUR DATA?
WHAT’S IN YOUR DATA? We frequently hear – “I don’t know what to do with the data we have” or “we don’t know if anything we are collecting is actually important, so we stopped collecting it.” So, what’s in your data? The keys to unlocking the mystery of exactly what affects performance and exactly what […]
Will Injuries Decide The NFL Playoffs?
Will injuries decide the NFL playoffs this year? Will money decide the NFL playoffs this year is probably a more accurate way to ask this question. Star players win games and that is the bottom line. When star players are not available it changes the outcome. Last season’s playoffs personify this, Derek Carr’s injury derailed […]
VALIDATION: IMPORTANCE OF PSYCHOLOGICAL DATA
Alterations in an athlete’s emotional state can result in an increased risk of injury – FACT!
ANALYSING INJURY AND PERFORMANCE RISKS IN THE NFL
Kitman Labs’ injury risk analytics links athlete data to medical and injury records allowing you to make decisions backed by your team’s unique, objective data. Kitman Labs links every metric back to risk of underperformance and risk of injury. We have been improving our analytical methods every week and month and have recently started to […]
