Effective Use of Sports Science Technology
Technology implemented by the performance & medicine departments are dependent on its ability to reliability and accurately quantify the training dose and the individual response. This information in turn is then used to inform and assist the actions that are taken in the training process.
Within current professional sport, the monitoring of athletes has become a cornerstone of the daily training schedule. The technology implemented by the performance & medicine departments within clubs are dependent on its ability to reliability and accurately quantify the training dose and the individual response to the training dose of each player. This information in turn, is then used to inform and assist the actions that are taken in terms of future planning of the training process to maximize player availability and performance through understanding the complex relationships between the training dose, performance outcomes, injury, and illness.
References
West, S. W., Clubb, J., Torres-Ronda, L., Howells, D., Leng, E., Vescovi, J. D., Carmody, S., Posthumus, M., Dalen-Lorentsen, T., & Windt, J. (2020). More than a Metric: How Training Load is Used in Elite Sport for Athlete Management. International journal of sports medicine, 10.1055/a-1268-8791. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1055/a-1268-8791
Torres-Ronda, L., Clubb, J. and Beanland, E., Tracking Systems in Team Sports: Back to Basics. https://sportperfsci.com/tracking-systems-in-team-sports-back-to-basics/
Torres-Ronda, L., Beanland, E., Whitehead, S., Sweeting, A. and Clubb, J., 2022. Tracking Systems in Team Sports: A Narrative Review of Applications of the Data and Sport Specific Analysis. Sports Medicine-Open, 8(1), pp.1-22. https://sportsmedicine-open.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s40798-022-00408-z
Further Readings
Making smart decisions when introducing wearable technology By Sian Allen and Peter Tierney. https://www.sportsmith.co/articles/smart-decisions-when-introducing-wearable-technology/
Wearable technology: Action or distraction for athlete performance? By Peter Tierney and Sian Allen. https://www.sportsmith.co/articles/wearable-technology-action-or-distraction-for-athlete-performance/
Innovation in sport performance: GPS shows us where we are, but we decide where we’re going By Jason Weber. https://www.sportsmith.co/articles/innovation-in-sport-performance-gps-units-show-us-where-we-are-but-we-decide-where-were-going/