technology in sports: athlete monitoring
DESCRIPTION
This is John Grace's slidedeck from the Global Coaching Seminar at Ohio University. John presents fundamental concepts on athlete monitoring and gives an in-depth look at the Vancouver Whitecaps athlete monitoring system. John was the Assistant Fitness Coach for 2013 Vancouver Whitecaps and is a Sport Performance Coach at Athletic Lab in North Carolina.TRANSCRIPT
T E C H N O LO GY I N S P O R T S :A T H L E T E M O N I T O R I N G
JOHN GRACE@john_r_grace
• FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS
• OLD SCHOOL MONITORING
• NEW SCHOOL MONITORING
• VANCOUVER WHITECAPS MONITORING SYSTEM
FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS
OH,
THIS
OLD
THANG?
Biologically
Dictated
Periodization
D r. M i ke Yo u n g
KEEP SOME WATERIN THE BUCKET
B U C K E T F I L L I N G
Sleep
Nutrit ion
Recovery
if an athlete feels recovered…
they’re recovered.
B U C K E T E M P T Y I N G
Training
Work / School
Travel
Stress
TRAINING
WORK / SCHOOL
SIMILAR MEALS ON THE ROAD
SIMILAR ACCOMODATIONS
STAY ON HOME TIME ZONE
T R AV E L
O L D S C H O O L M O N I T O R I N G
Movement screens are not new. Coaches have been doing them for
years...
It's called watching practice.
D a n P fa f f
vs.
Microwaved
W a r m u p
PROPER
W a r m u p
• reduce risk of injury
• prepare for tasks
• increase fitness levels
• ASESS READINESS
BENEFITS OF APROPER WARMUP
BUT… is it really?
SYMPTOMS OF OVERTRAINING
Coord inat ion
S leep Qual i ty
Mot ivat ion
Rest ing HR
Musc le Soreness
Recovery T ime
RECAP
Watch and ask questions
Don’t rely solely on technology
Take the warm-up seriously
Overtraining is real
N E W S C H O O L M O N I T O R I N G
D a t a c o l l e c t i o n f o r t h e s a k e o f d a t a c o l l e c t i o n i s a w a s t e o f t i m e
HEART RATE VARIABILITY
• Time between the R spikes in ECG
• Measure recovery of ANS
• Ability to predict trainability
WHITECAPS 2014 SCHEDULE
WHITECAPS 2014 SCHEDULE
PLAYER READINESS
MATCH DAYS
TRAINING DAYS
REST DAYS
M ATC H
MINUTES PLAYED
PLAYER RPE
ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS
MATCH RESULT
PLAYER SURVEYS
DURATION OF TRAINING
PLAYER RPE
GYM SESSIONS
T R A I N I N G
TRAVEL IF APPLICABLE
SCORE OF ZERO
R E S T
Move to biologically dictated periodization.
Not all players adapt to training the same.
Find gaps during the season.
Combination of subjective and objective markers is ideal.