As the countdown to the new competitive season begins, high-performance organizations across every sport are faced with a pivotal opportunity: to build a foundation now that will make or break the efficiency, accuracy, and impact of their in-season operations. At Kitman Labs, we work with thousands of teams worldwide across all levels and disciplines—and the most successful ones have one thing in common: they use the pre-season to set the stage for data-driven, unified, and agile performance in-season.

Here’s how forward-thinking clubs, teams, and organizations treat the pre-season to prime their data strategy—and why you should do the same.

Build the Foundation for Reliable Data—Before the First Whistle

Your data is only as good as the structure that supports it. The pre-season is the ideal time to ensure athlete and staff profiles, squad alignments, medical histories, and permissions are current and clean. This proactive management ensures the right people have access to the right tools, and that athletes are aligned with their correct squads, position groups, etc.

Why it matters:
Accurate pre-season setup minimizes data errors, eliminates redundancies, and saves hours of rework during the high-pressure, fast-paced competitive season itself. Plus, it boosts trust in the data—something that’s essential when it’s time to make critical decisions mid-season.

Unlock Time-Saving Automation and Operational Efficiency

Time is your most precious resource—especially in-season. By configuring recurring training sessions, updating coaching libraries, and leveraging automation for form-based data collection (like wellness and RPE inputs), you reduce manual work and free up time for what really matters: coaching, strategizing, and athlete progression.

Tip:
Utilize capabilities such as Repeat Sessions and Custom Events in the iP: Intelligence Platform to streamline planning. Automate daily tasks to eliminate duplication and ensure consistency across departments—from coaching to performance to medical.

Create Dashboards That Fuel Smart, Fast Decisions

Once your season kicks off, information must flow—seamlessly and quickly. Now is the time to build or update dashboards tailored to your stakeholders: coaches, analysts, medical staff, management, and beyond. Well-structured dashboards provide a single source of truth for game day readiness, training effectiveness, medical status, and developmental progress.

Smart, Flexible Reporting:
With features like dynamic comparison tables, custom athlete labels and groups, time-based trend visualizations, and multiple charting options, the Self-Serve Reporting in Intelligence Platform  dashboards provide flexible, meaningful insights that evolve with your squads.

Pro Tip:
Configure a personal homepage with the charts and action widgets most relevant to your role, so that critical information is always front and center.

Promote Alignment Across Departments

Whether it’s the coaching syllabus, injury management protocols, athlete benchmarks, or athlete development milestones, alignment across departments is essential for team-wide cohesion. Use the pre-season to ensure all groups—coaching, medical, performance, and analytics—are working from shared frameworks, processes, and goals.

How iP: Intelligence Platform helps:
iP supports repeatable workflows, organization-wide curriculum planning, and shared reporting structures that strengthen communication, improve accountability, support long-term athlete development and holistic care.

Make Athlete Experience a Priority from Day One

Set your athletes up for success with early onboarding to platforms like the Athlete App. From self-reporting wellness to tracking development journeys, giving athletes access from the start helps embed a culture of ownership and engagement.
Available on:
iOS and Android, the Athlete App empowers players to contribute to their own progress and ensures coaches have better data to inform decisions.

Don’t Wait for the Season to Start. Win It Now.

From foundational data hygiene to strategic dashboard configuration and department-wide alignment, every action taken now is a step toward smarter, faster, and more unified performance later.

At Kitman Labs, we don’t just provide solutions—we help teams build high-performance systems that work under pressure. Let’s start strong.

Want to know how top teams across all sports prepare for success?
Talk to our performance experts or explore how iP: Intelligence Platform can transform your operations from day one. 

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