Former Dalhousie Tigers defenceman, current Kinduct Account Executive, and Type 1 diabetic, Matt English is no stranger to how far both health and athlete performance technology have come in recent years. “It’s been eleven years,” he says, reflecting on when he was first diagnosed with diabetes. Back then, Matt was an up-and-coming prospect competing at the highest level of Canada’s Read More …
The sports technology world is expanding at a breakneck pace with new technologies and devices to monitor performance entering the marketplace on a seemingly daily basis. However, as new ways to track and measure athletes become commonplace amongst professional sport leagues, questions have begun to arise around the ownership, management and protection of the data being collected. When it comes Read More …
Introduction The in-season training period is arguably the most important time of year for basketball players. Yet is often described as a “maintenance period” with much less of an emphasis placed on training than during the off-season. With a regular season that lasts in the upwards of 16 weeks, a 5-6 week pre-season, and the potential for a 3-4 week Read More …
Athletic performance professionals are some of the hardest working people you will ever meet. Early mornings, late nights, practices, travel, data collection, and countless hours designing and researching programs are just a few of the things that make up a typical work week. Additionally, as a director or leader of a department you now take on the responsibility of staff Read More …
Neuromuscular fatigue is recognized as a multifactorial phenomenon whose etiology is still the topic of a lot of debate. However, most definitions of neuromuscular fatigue share a common element – the observation of an exercise-induced decline in muscle force production together with an increase in the level of effort required to perform the exercise. When fatigue is presented, structural changes Read More …
As college athletic departments and professional teams recognize the need for a strong nutrition program, major investments have been made to provide high-level athletes with the proper fuel they need for success. At the highest level, gaining a competitive edge is critical for growth and success. However, the combination of training, skill, and elite genetics for high-level athletes sets a Read More …
One of the most popular topics these days in the human performance realm is mental toughness. Sport and strength and conditioning coaches around the world chase this quality in prospective athletes and it seems everyone is trying to figure out how to quantify and develop mental toughness within training. As a strength and conditioning coach, it is easy to quantify Read More …
The race to acquire the most effective sport science technology in college athletics is on. As the stakes are growing higher and higher, the need to win—and to win consistently—is expected and enforced. As budgets continue to grow, more emphasis is placed on sports injury prevention, sport management software, and applied sport science. With some of these through-the-roof budgets at Read More …
Monitoring training load in basketball allows coaches to determine the dose-response relationship between training load, performance, readiness for a competition, and injuries. Training load in basketball can be divided into two types of loads: External load: This type of load represents the volume or intensity of the training stimulus (e.g. distance covered, accumulated accelerations, velocity zones). Internal load: This type Read More …
