It all started with a pesky data problem and one college soccer team willing to reimagine the way performance science had always been done. The women’s soccer program at the University of Arizona was already deeply data-driven; it collected GPS metrics and was resolute in the notion that performance science should be embedded in training decisions.

The Speed Ceiling: Raw speed naturally peaks early due to unyielding genetic factors like muscle fiber distribution and CNS signaling...

Excessive weight gain in athletes often creates a "slow ceiling" by sacrificing speed for sheer size. It highlights the Anaerobic Speed Reserve (ASR) as a vital performance metric, representing the gap between an athlete's aerobic base and their maximum sprinting velocity.

In collision sports, raw speed on a stopwatch is an illusion because it ignores an athlete's physical mass . True on-field dominance is instead measured by Sprint Momentum—an athlete's body mass multiplied by their maximal sprint speed—which calculates the actual kinetic energy they bring into a tackle .

A data-driven framework for assessing athletic performance by analyzing how athletes move—not just jump height. Using metrics like RSI-Mod, active stiffness, and eccentric velocity, it helps coaches identify fatigue, improve explosive efficiency, and detect injury risk in real time.

This exploratory study investigates whether the eccentric utilization ratio (EUR), a common metric comparing countermovement jumps to squat jumps, is actually a reliable indicator of superior athletic ability.

Introduction: Why This Research Matters In the high-stakes world of professional sports, specifically Rugby Union, managing the delicate balance between training load and...

In high-performance environments, Jump Height has historically been the "king" metric. However, Jump Height is an outcome measure, it tells you what happened, but not how it happened...

Lucas Mason oversees strength and conditioning for 15 sports at LeTourneau University. He's the only full-time S&C coach. Here's how he makes the impossible math work...