PERFORMANCE INTELLIGENCE
RESEARCH INITIATIVE
Partnering with leaders to answer the industry’s most important questions
The Future of research is here.
Kitman Labs are investing in a new arm of the company, aiming to produce meaningful research that solves the real challenges the industry faces.
We want research to be in the fabric of what we do, every day.
Here, at Kitman Labs we set ourselves apart from companies that talk about pushing the industry forward by walking the talk and putting innovation at the core of how we do things.
But innovation needs to be grounded in meaning, and so we are investing in our team and a groundbreaking research program to support team that wan to build high performing organizations on and off the field.
Our first step: LISTENING!
Tell us what research will help you most!
We’re beginning our research journey by deepening our understanding of the industry. And you’re invited!
Take the survey and let us know what matters most to you. Your input will and help shape the Performance Intelligence Research Initiative Agenda.
More About The Initiative

The Performance Intelligence Research Initiative is a research, education, and community engagement program designed to produce new evidence-based insights about on-field and off-field success. It also aims to accelerate the adoption of gold standard practices discovered through the research via interactive learning vehicles and engaging forums.
The goal of the research is to produce evidence-based best practices that will advance the fields of sports performance science, coaching, talent development and identification, and leadership.
- Leadership, culture and alignment
- Integrated communication, collaboration and decision making
- Performance-led planning
- Short and long term development strategies
- Data-led decision-making
- Continuous improvement and innovation
- Data collection and data quality
- Cross-departmental athletic development
- Economics of player performance
- Multi-disciplinary athlete care and development
- Youth development and progression
Benefits Of Taking The Survey
We appreciate you and your time! In addition to helping us build an agenda that solves the industry’s biggest challenges,
you will have access to:
Performance Intelligence Research Initiative Survey Results and Breakdowns
Special access to results and other content not available to the public
Invitations to exclusive events with our performance scientists
The Research Team

Martin Buchheit

Dr. Derek McHugh
Head of Data Science

Darcy Norman
Director of Performance Science

Andy Shelton
Performance Scientist

John Dams
Performance Scientist

Bryan Burnstein
Director of Performance Science

Leticia Herrmann
Data Scientist

Ray Hamill
Data Scientist

Dr. Martin Barron
Data Scientist

Maxime Settembre
Data Scientist

Warwick Hadley
Data Engineer

Brendan Collins
Data Scientist
A Collaborative Approach
Together through collaboration we can uncover the industry challenges that are most important and apply our performance science, data science, and organizational science research expertise to solve them.
We need you to help us understand the biggest challenges you are facing. Guide us where you need help, and we’ll show you what we can do. We want to talk, we want to listen and we want to solve problems.
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