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Rik van Waes is the strength and conditioning coach for Heroes den Bosch, a Dutch professional basketball club based in the Netherlands, and playing in the BNXT League. He's been there since 2019. The team has won the Dutch National Championship, the Dutch Super Cup, and this year's Dutch Cup, which Heroes has now won 8 times.... Including 17 national championships. Coach van Waes talks about how much of a role data played in all of that success.
π Data-Driven Insights
Rik explains that collecting data from every practice and game is crucial. One of the key metrics they focus on? Accumulated acceleration load, which provides a holistic view of practice intensity.
π Fine-Tuning Workloads
Heroes Den Bosch doesn't stop at raw data. Starters avoid overwork, while bench players develop effectively. It's all about finding the sweet spot between load and recovery.
ποΈβοΈ Practice Insights
Analyzing practice phases reveals surprises. Rik's keen eye interprets the data, informing coaching decisions. If the numbers say it was a tough practice, the players felt it—even without asking them.
π₯ Player Acceptance
Half the team was already familiar with IMU data from their Dutch national team experience. They understand that it enhances performance and recovery.
π Using Data for Injury Rehab
Coach also explains how he uses data when helping injured players rehabilitate. He says the data provides him a sense of direction to take with each player, it forces him not to skip any steps in his return-to-play protocol and explains how some players come back even stronger.
π Recovery Stories
Rik tells a couple of great stories about how he used data and analytics to help the fastest player on the team get back after an ankle injury and what data did for another player who injured his knee.
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ποΈ Episode 9: Technology Complements Coaching
In this episode of The Xtra Edge: A KINEXON Sports Analytics Podcast, we discuss the use of football data with TSG 1899 Hoffenheim's team researchers and sports performance experts, Dr. Sascha Hartel and Dr. Ludwig Ruf.
π The Big Picture
We explore the immense possibilities and the realistic limitations of data and its collection. Understanding this broader context empowers us to evaluate major announcements from various companies more effectively.
π€¨ Data Skepticism
Amid claims of injury reduction and predicting the next superstar, skepticism is essential. Many companies promise the moon, but separating feasible solutions from wishful thinking requires a discerning eye.
πͺ Data's Power
Armed with robust datasets, we can distinguish between what's achievable and what's mere hype. It's about grounding expectations in reality.
π€ Complex Challenges
Football is a multifaceted game, and answering questions about achieving specific results using data isn't straightforward. Factors like player availability, robustness, and contact injuries add layers of complexity.
β½οΈ Data-Driven Decisions
Football data plays a crucial role in decision-making. It doesn't always change opinions outright, but it contextualizes and objectifies beliefs. Coaches and players benefit from data insights during rehab, training, and planning.
π Anecdotal Wisdom
Football coaches often assert they can gauge player speed intuitively. However, actual measurements reveal surprisesβplayers who defy expectations at both ends of the velocity spectrum.
π» Small Leaks, Big Impact
Sometimes, a seemingly minor data point can open coaches' and players' eyes. Whether confirming or challenging existing beliefs, data helps refine strategies and enhance performance.
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ποΈ Episode 8: Presenting Coaches With Objective Measurements is a Game Changer
Welcome to The Xtra Edge: A KINEXON Sports Analytics Podcast where we dive deep into the world of sports performance, innovation, and triumph. In Episode 8 we're excited to have Kostas Chatzichristos as our guest. He is the Director of Performance at the Turkish powerhouse Fenerbahçe Beko Istanbul. He discusses how the KINEXON PERFORM IMU system is helping to change the game in the EuroLeague.
π Data Changes the Approach
Access to data changed Coach Chatzichristos' approach, enabling him to equip coaches with crucial insights. It transcended mere technical details, shedding light on both the strengths and areas of improvement for players and coaches. The ability to visually demonstrate their performance through data significantly enhanced his interactions with both players and coaches.
ποΈ Players Have to be Ready
European players, who often juggle commitments between the EuroLeague and their national teams, typically participate in several games each week. However, during weeks with limited practice, minimal game time, and occasional off days, their productivity may be reduced. Coach explains how he keeps players ready for whenever their name is called.
π Pro Game is Just Different
Coach Chatzichristos broke into basketball on the college level, in the USA. He also talks about the differences between the pro and college games, and why strength coaches need to approach each differently.
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ποΈ Episode 7: Empowering Basketball Coaches With Contextualized Insights
Welcome to The Xtra Edge: A KINEXON Sports Analytics Podcast where we dive deep into the world of sports performance, innovation, and triumph. In Episode 7 we're excited to have Jonas Bohner as our guest, a basketball analytics expert who works with many of the top teams and leagues all around the world. He discusses how KINEXON's AI basketball analytics solution specifically, KINEXON COMPETE Vision, is changing the game of basketball for coaches and players everywhere.
π It's Seamless
According to Jonas, the AI-powered KINEXON COMPETE Vision software is seamless in its integration with third-party optical tracking and camera providers, and is able to record, process, and report all of the analytics automatically. The only work required on the part of the user is to attribute assignments to players - a simple process that takes minimal time or effort.
π Shot Load and Other Features
Jonas talks about how traditional basketball coaches might look at a shot map to get a good understanding of how players perform on the court, strictly from a shooting perspective. But this traditional method leaves out a vital facet of performance that some of the best and most successful basketball performance coaches are looking at nowadays: Shot Load, a new athletic performance metric that takes into account statistical shooting data. Jonas notes that KINEXON's basketball analytics platform automatically generates a Shot Load map specifically, the first of its kind. This Shot Load map takes player load and shooting percentages into account to give a more holistic view of that player's performance and efficiency. Jonas also emphasizes how it can give you an idea of where shooters need to improve, and how their load might be affecting their shooting performance from anywhere on the floor, at any point in the given session. This is all done without the need for wearable tech - the software uses AI to track the players and compile the data so that no time is wasted having staff members do so manually.
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ποΈ Episode 6: Data Helps Us Micro-dose More Effectively
Welcome to The Xtra Edge: A KINEXON Sports Analytics Podcast where we dive deep into the world of sports performance, innovation, and triumph. In Episode 6 we're excited to have Jeremy Portillo, Sports Performance Coach for Evansville Men's Basketball as our guest. The Purple Aces are fresh off an appearance in the College Basketball Invitational tournament where they pulled off an impressive first round upset of the sixth-seeded Quinnipiac Bobcats.
π "DOMINATE The Game" With Data
Coach Portillo shares his insights on the significance of volume metrics in basketball performance, emphasizing the need to stick with it, especially in the first season using a system, to see real results down the road. With accumulated acceleration load serving as his primary volume metric, he also cites the importance of finding an intensity metric to track, and why. After establishing the concept of density as the frequency of exposures to load and intensity, Coach Portillo explains how he takes the data from the KINEXON PERFORM IMU system and incorporates it into his own personal data collection process that he has developed. Using this remarkable process he shares, he is able to see the frequency of exposures for each individual athlete in the rotation and on the scout team, to best evidence which players are game-ready from a performance perspective vs. which players need more development or recovery time.
π Micro-dosing & "Is Backpedaling a Bad Thing?"
Based on the data Coach Portillo collects, he's able to reincorporate the data into ever-evolving training programs tailored to the physical needs and limits of his athletes. With a micro-dosing technique that spreads shorter workouts at varying intensities over the course of a week, he's able to ensure bench players are growing and developing effectively while starters are not being overworked in the weight room or in drills. The Purple Aces' Sport Performance Coach also explains why he hates it when he sees his players backpedaling down the floor as well as why he advocates otherwise.
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ποΈ Episode 5: Coaches Buying into Our GPS Helped Our Offense Set Program Records
Welcome to The Xtra Edge: A KINEXON Sports Analytics Podcast where we dive deep into the world of sports performance, innovation, and triumph. In Episode 5 we're thrilled to have Lyle Henley, the Director of Sports Performance at the University of Alabama Birmingham Football, as our guest. Lyle shares his insights on the role of sports analytics in enhancing athletic performance.
π "There's No Such Thing as Being Too Strong"
Coach Henley discusses the importance of understanding where an athlete's strengths lie and where improvements can be made, and he emphasizes that while there's no such thing as being 'too strong' or 'too fast', it's crucial to strike a balance to optimize performance. From conditioning to speed profiling, Coach Henley talks about how data is used in training, explaining how KINEXON PERFORM GPS Pro data specifically ensures athletes are training in the right zones and not overexerting themselves in others.
π "Do Your Homework"
Coach Henley shares the story of when Head Coach Trent Dilfer went to campus and told him that he was "not a GPS guy." Henley shares the strategy he used to win his head coach over and show him the power that sports data can offer his team.
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This episode is a must-see for anyone interested in the intersection of sports and data. Tune in to learn how being 'data-informed' rather than 'data-driven' is making a significant impact in sports performance.
Don't miss this episode as we explore the intersection of passion, performance, and data-driven excellence. Hit that Subscribe button and become a part of The Xtra Edge community today!
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ποΈ Episode 4: Data Helped Us Increase Power, Even With Increased Volume of Work
Welcome to The Xtra Edge: A KINEXON Sports Analytics Podcast where we dive deep into the world of sports performance, innovation, and triumph. In Episode 4 our host Dave Grendzynski sits down with Stanford's Associate Athletic Director, Applied Performance Tyler Friedrich to discuss how Tyler manages to increase volleyball athlete power output in the face of exhaustion with workouts, practices, games, and other sessions ramping up.
π Match Points, Data Points, and Key Points for Peak Power Output
Tyler recaps his top 3 metrics and key points of data analysis that are most important to him, especially where timing is concerned as the volleyball season ramps up. He runs through the effectiveness of different approaches he uses to building strength and resultant power, including the schedule of concentric and ecentric exercises that build up his athletes.
π The Power Spike: Training for Explosiveness|
Tyler shares what velocity and force mean to volleyball, how a session can be optimized to train for a high degree of explosiveness at match intensity, depending on the calendar and session scheduling. He explains exactly how he's able to get his athletes training correctly so that their power is at its highest when the season is on the line.
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ποΈ Episode 3: Uniting Basketball Strength & Conditioning Coaches and Sports Science Insights
Welcome to The Xtra Edge: A KINEXON Sports Analytics Podcast where we dive deep into the world of sports performance, innovation, and triumph. In Episode 3 our host Dave Grendzynski sits down with renowned Colorado Men's Basketball S&C coach Steve Englehart and his sports science support, Tessa Mendoza to discuss how the right approach to data can better help S&C coaches plan sessions and prepare their players to perform at the highest level come tipoff.
π The Numbers Speak for Themselves: Why Every Basketball S&C Coach Could Use a "Tessa"
Steve shares how his data-based approach is centered around a fundamental understanding of performance metrics, and why Tessa plays a major part in that. Tessa's expert technical understanding of the data gives context to how Steve might best evaluate and apply it, resulting in a polished finished product on the court β a "Dream Team" of professional expertise in the modern college basketball performance landscape.
π Ball Don't Lie: How Successful Coaches Build Their Training Sessions Around Training Data
Steve and Tessa talk specifics regarding how workouts and practice sessions are built around the data, and how it all translates to the court in a practical sense.
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ποΈ Episode 2: Unleashing the Power of Sports Data with Connor Neighbors
Welcome to The Xtra Edge: A KINEXON Sports Analytics Podcast where we dive deep into the world of sports performance, innovation, and triumph. In Episode 2 our host Dave Grendzynski sits down with the remarkable Connor Neighbors β a man whose journey from preferred walk-on at LSU to Director of Athletic Performance at The University of Louisiana Football is nothing short of inspiring.
π The Data-Driven Underdog Story: From Walk-On to Impact Player
Connor shares his personal saga β a tale fueled by data and determination. Discover how sports analytics not only got him on the field as a walk-on but also transformed him into a force to be reckoned with. It's a story of grit, numbers, and seizing opportunities.
π Minimizing Injuries: The Ragin' Cajuns' Data Revolution
But that's not all. Connor takes us behind the scenes at The University of Louisiana Football, where data and analytics are revolutionizing injury prevention. In fact, player availability is up to 90%, and Neighbors says soft tissue injuries are down.
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Furman University's Assistant Head Coach + Director of Athletic Performance for Basketball, Matt Aldred (along with KINEXON Sports scientist, Greg Bernstein) reveal how they leverage sports data to optimize player performance.
In a collaborative effort, Matt and Greg gather detailed data on training workloads, intensity, and high-effort activities. Aldred then uses this data to tailor training plans, ensuring players peak at key moments in the season, particularly during tournaments. They showcase how data-driven insights helped players recover from injuries and return stronger than before. Bernstein emphasizes the importance of selecting meaningful metrics that translate into actionable coaching strategies. This collaboration between coach and data scientist showcases how data can empower teams to achieve their full potential.
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