ATHLETE MONITORING

ON A BUDGET

JOHN GRACE, MS

@john_r_grace

GENERAL CONCEPTS

GENERAL CONCEPTS

LOW COST METHODS

GENERAL CONCEPTS

LOW COST METHODS

PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER

GENERAL CONCEPTS

LOW COST METHODS

PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER

WRAP UP

WHY

t r a i n h a r d .it’s difficult measure stress if there is none.

what do I want to know?

how will I use this information to direct training?

LOADinternal

the relative physiological and psychological stress an

athlete incurs from training.

the amount of work the athlete did

quantitatively.

external

DATAsubjective

the psychological or physiological perception of the

athlete’s stress

measurable by observation or

testing.

objective

internal

external

subjectiveobjective

heart rate variability

heart rate load

resting heart rate

blood lactate

wellness survey

session rpe

coach’s assessment

gps

velocity based training

session duration

daily vertical jump

internal

external

subjectiveobjective

heart rate variability

heart rate load

resting heart rate

blood lactate

wellness survey

session rpe

coach’s assessment

gps

velocity based training

session duration

daily vertical jump

unfortunately,

a pen and

paper isn’t

sexy.

PRE-SESSION

MONITORING

WELLNESS SURVEYS

sleep is one of the most inexpensive

means of reducing risk of injury and

improving performance.

• select valid survey that fits what you want to

know

• ~1 minute per athlete

• how will you administer – compliance?

SURVEY CONSIDERATIONS

HEART RATE VARIABILITY

HRV CONSIDERATIONS

• performing the test

• test protocol

• compliance

• cost

POST-SESSION

MONITORING

• session duration x rpe

• view of external objective and internal subjective

• scaling training load units

TRAINING LOAD

SCALING UNITS>1050

926-1050

801-925

676-800

551-675

426-550

301-425

176-300

51-175

<50

10

9

8

7

6

5

4

3

2

1Mike Young, 2013

PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER

• creating a readiness score

• weighting scores & rolling averages

• presenting data to coaching staff

• making data actionable

l o o k i n g a t a n y o n e d a y o f m o n i t o r i n g

i s l i k e l o o k i n g a t a j u s t a f e w o f p i x e l s

o u t o f a n e n t i r e p h o t o .

• creating relative baselines

• see individual trends

• make meaningful changes to training

• more information on what works and what doesn’t

BENEFITS OF LONG TERM

COLLECTION

1 day

1 week

2 weeks

1 month

don’t be this guy…

figure out what you want to know

select tools that fit your team

valid + valid + valid = valid?

And...

athlete mon itor ing i sn ’t about the equ ipment , i t ’ s about

collect ing mean ingful metr ics and mak ing it act ionable .

THANKSjohn.grace@athleticlab.com@john_r_grace