In today’s NHL, games are fast, phy­si­cal, and fier­ce­ly com­pe­ti­ti­ve, pla­cing high-inten­si­ty demands on every ath­le­te, every shift. Yet many teams still train based on assump­ti­ons, aver­a­ges, or gene­ric drills rather than the spe­ci­fic game sce­na­ri­os that defi­ne eli­te performance. 

The solu­ti­on? Let the game lead. Thanks to the NHL’s league-wide SMT track­ing sys­tem, every player’s in-game move­ment is cap­tu­red in high fide­li­ty. When this data is inte­gra­ted with trai­ning metrics from Local Posi­tio­ning Sys­tems (LPS) and Iner­ti­al Mea­su­re­ment Units (IMUs), teams can final­ly prepa­re play­ers not just for the sea­son, but for peak per­for­mance and the most deman­ding sce­na­ri­os of the game. 

That’s whe­re KIN­EXON PER­FORM comes in. 

In eli­te sports, aver­a­ges lie. That’s why we’re intro­du­cing Rol­ling Win­dow Ana­ly­sis — a major new fea­ture within the KIN­EXON Sports app desi­gned to help S&C coa­ches, sport sci­en­tists, and per­for­mance staff move bey­ond aver­a­ges and sta­tic sum­ma­ries while cap­tu­ring what mat­ters most: the most deman­ding moments of play. 

At KIN­EXON Sports, we’re dri­ven by a simp­le yet powerful mis­si­on: to advan­ce play­er per­for­mance through cut­ting-edge tech­no­lo­gy. That’s why we’re thril­led to wel­co­me one of handball’s most ico­nic figu­res – Staf­fan Ols­son – as the newest ambassador.

At KIN­EXON, we’­re con­stant­ly pushing the boun­da­ries of how per­for­mance data can empower coa­ches, sport sci­en­tists, and strength & con­di­tio­ning staff. With that mis­si­on in mind, we’re exci­ted to intro­du­ce a powerful new fea­ture in the KIN­EXON App: the Rela­ti­ve Ana­ly­sis Wid­get — built to sim­pli­fy com­plex data and help per­for­mance pro­fes­sio­nals unco­ver deeper insights from every session. 

In eli­te foot­ball, whe­re mar­gins are razor-thin, tra­di­tio­nal trai­ning approa­ches often fall short. Force-Velo­ci­ty (F‑V) Pro­fil­ing has emer­ged as a game-chan­ging tool that empowers coa­ches to per­so­na­li­ze per­for­mance pro­grams, redu­ce inju­ries, and ele­va­te play­er readiness. 

Sin­ce the sum­mer of 2023, Mar­cel­lo Stel­la­to has over­seen the stra­te­gic and ath­le­tic deve­lo­p­ment of FC Aar­au Women. With over 25 years of expe­ri­ence in pro­fes­sio­nal foot­ball, he brings a high-per­for­mance phi­lo­so­phy to the women’s pro­gram. In this inter­view, he shares how data and GPS track­ing have beco­me cen­tral to the club’s deve­lo­p­ment, decis­i­on-making, and dai­ly operations. 

The Drill Index Wid­get is a powerful new fea­ture in the KIN­EXON Sports­App that pro­vi­des coa­ches with deep insights into trai­ning drills. By dis­play­ing the nor­ma­ti­ve ran­ge of key per­for­mance metrics for dif­fe­rent drill types, it helps coa­ches under­stand typi­cal ver­sus high-end workload demands, compa­re drills across sin­gle ses­si­ons (POST) and his­to­ri­cal data (DEVE­LOP), and design trai­ning ses­si­ons that opti­mi­ze play­er deve­lo­p­ment while pre­ven­ting overtraining.

The Drill Index Wid­get is a powerful new fea­ture in the KIN­EXON Sports­App that pro­vi­des coa­ches with deep insights into trai­ning drills. By dis­play­ing the nor­ma­ti­ve ran­ge of key per­for­mance metrics for dif­fe­rent drill types, it helps coa­ches under­stand typi­cal ver­sus high-end workload demands, compa­re drills across sin­gle ses­si­ons (POST) and his­to­ri­cal data (DEVE­LOP), and design trai­ning ses­si­ons that opti­mi­ze play­er deve­lo­p­ment while pre­ven­ting overtraining.

The Drill Index Wid­get is a powerful new fea­ture in the KIN­EXON Sports­App that pro­vi­des coa­ches with deep insights into trai­ning drills. By dis­play­ing the nor­ma­ti­ve ran­ge of key per­for­mance metrics for dif­fe­rent drill types, it helps coa­ches under­stand typi­cal ver­sus high-end workload demands, compa­re drills across sin­gle ses­si­ons (POST) and his­to­ri­cal data (DEVE­LOP), and design trai­ning ses­si­ons that opti­mi­ze play­er deve­lo­p­ment while pre­ven­ting overtraining.

Mana­ging the demands of the vol­ley­ball sea­son while kee­ping ath­le­tes healt­hy and rea­dy to per­form is a chess match for coa­ches. Tyler Fried­rich, the Marie and Alex Ship­man Asso­cia­te Ath­le­tics Direc­tor of Appli­ed Per­for­mance at Stan­ford Uni­ver­si­ty, has refi­ned this approach for the Car­di­nal women’s vol­ley­ball pro­gram. His phi­lo­so­phy: train hard enough to stay resi­li­ent, but smart enough to remain fresh.

As bas­ket­ball trai­ning evol­ves, teams are embra­cing data-infor­med insights to aug­ment shoo­ting effi­ci­en­cy. With every shot car­ry­ing poten­ti­al sea­son-chan­ging weight in com­pe­ti­ti­on, refi­ning prac­ti­ce inten­si­ty and repli­ca­ting in-game pres­su­re are key to gai­ning a com­pe­ti­ti­ve edge.

In eli­te team sports, per­for­mance is often deci­ded by the smal­lest details – how effi­ci­ent­ly an ath­le­te sprints, how they hand­le fati­gue, and how well a team mana­ges trai­ning loads throug­hout the sea­son. Coa­ches and per­for­mance staff need more than just num­bers – they need meaningful insights, in real time, to make the right calls when it matters. 

The Drill Index Wid­get is a powerful new fea­ture in the KIN­EXON Sports­App that pro­vi­des coa­ches with deep insights into trai­ning drills. By dis­play­ing the nor­ma­ti­ve ran­ge of key per­for­mance metrics for dif­fe­rent drill types, it helps coa­ches under­stand typi­cal ver­sus high-end workload demands, compa­re drills across sin­gle ses­si­ons (POST) and his­to­ri­cal data (DEVE­LOP), and design trai­ning ses­si­ons that opti­mi­ze play­er deve­lo­p­ment while pre­ven­ting overtraining.

As bas­ket­ball trai­ning evol­ves, teams are embra­cing data-infor­med insights to aug­ment shoo­ting effi­ci­en­cy. With every shot car­ry­ing poten­ti­al sea­son-chan­ging weight in com­pe­ti­ti­on, refi­ning prac­ti­ce inten­si­ty and repli­ca­ting in-game pres­su­re are key to gai­ning a com­pe­ti­ti­ve edge.

The Ragin’ Cajuns foot­ball per­for­mance staff heads into the heart of the off-sea­son fol­lo­wing spring camp, facing play­er per­for­mance and con­di­tio­ning chal­lenges like other Ame­ri­can foot­ball pro­grams nati­on­wi­de — their approach: Opti­mi­zed prac­ti­ce sche­du­les desi­gned for play­ers to reach spe­ci­fic per­for­mance goals backed by data analytics.