Indicators of Performance For each goal you want to work on, you’ll analyze one or several metrics of performance.Again, keep few and clear metrics, because measuring a lot of angles isn’t always relevantand will waste your time. As a coach (helped sometimes by physiotherapists), you know howto recognize effective or inefficient technique and how to improve it. For example, if your goal is to improve your athlete’s speed throughout his hurdle race, itwill be important to focus on several metrics, such as: Note some other examples of indicators that are easy to analyze: Sprint Goals: I want my athletes’ starts consistent and technically accurate Indicators: Long Jump Goals: I want to improve the speed generated during my athletes’ approach. Indicators: Triple Jump Goals: I want my athletes to sustain strong horizontal velocity during the hop. Indicators: When you video your athletes, keep indicators like these in mind, for accurate assessment.…
The myDartfish Express: Coach app allows you to capture your athletes’ performance withsome analysis options. You’ll need to determine 2 things: For a physiotherapist, a front view of a runner allows analysis of gait efficiency. For the 100m, filming at the starting line, captures and compares two performances…
Some weeks ago, one of my juniors asked me if plyometrics exercises could help him to become a faster runner. I use to plan some high-intensity exercises during adult training, but as plyometrics are high-impact exercises, I’m questioned on their risk on junior. Doing speed workouts (acceleration, max-speed,…)…
Nelio Alfano Moura is one of the best jump coaches in the world, coaching athletes from all over the world. Moura has been part of the Olympics every time since Sydney 2000. Throughout his career, he has coached 3 Olympic medalists – 2 golds: Maureen Maggi and Irving…
Oliver Logan worked for the English Institute of Sports, before joining British Swimming five years ago. As the Head of Biomechanics, Innovation, and Performance Analysis, Oliver helps Olympic swimmers, Paralympic swimmers, and Olympic divers develop their skills, thanks to data generated by Dartfish video analysis. The British Swimming…
Clubs are now offering an even more immersive/attractive experience for their ice hockey fans in the arena. Just like on TV, your fans can discover, before and during the game, team composition, and review of significant action phases; they can also follow player interviews and “behind the scene”…
Arnaud Muccini is a figure skating performance analyst and coach. He created Perform’Live in 2009 to help skaters to perform through video analysis and sports technologies. Known for being one of the foremost Dartfish video analysts in the world, he has collaborated in the past with numerous Olympic…