Athlete Monitoring

Question 1

What is athlete monitoring

what is it done for

Answer 1

Physiological adaptations to training are a product of the training stimuli and the associated fatigue profile

▪ Enhance sport performance
▪ Inform sport injury risk reduction
▪ Improve return to sport post injury outcomes
▪ Why use athlete monitoring over discrete timepoint testing

Question 2

simple application of workload

relationship between workload and what

current recommendations for athlete monitoring

Answer 2

work causes an injury or not

if not, there is a fitness adaptation

linear relationship between workload and injury

biological, social, psychological factors

Question 3

previously injured athlete

external load

internal load

performance fatigue

perceived fatigue

inciting injury

Answer 3

previously injured athlete: higher chance for future injury

external load: distance one ran, weight lifted, reps etc

internal load: body’s response, like HR. proportional to external load.

performance fatigue: reduction in performace

perceived fatigue: RPE

inciting injury: hyperextended leg, etc.

Question 4

Although monitoring external and internal training load responses
during training/sport is insightful and recommended….

Monitoring load alone provides little information about the specific adaptations or changes that occur from training… in part due to the individualized responses associated with a given training load

understanding how muscles are functioning within the body is
complex, but likely provides us with a better understanding of
performance and sport injury risk

Answer 4

how they responded to the load

Question 5

what do we mean when we say muscle strength

Practitioners design training programs to be specific to the targeted muscle
strength capacity. such as

max muscle strength testing is important to make a profile…

Answer 5

▪ Maximal muscle force production (e.g., MVC)
▪ Explosive strength capacities (e.g., RFD

▪ Maximal strength, explosive strength,
power, speed, eccentric (braking) capacities

▪ Establish a pre-injury performance baseline
▪ Identify athletes at higher potential risk for injury
▪ Tracking, monitoring, and informing physiological adaptations

Question 6

Traditionally, strength testing has relied on:

Answer 6

▪ Repetition maximum testing (e.g., 1-3 RM testing)
▪ Isometric strength testing (e.g., mid-thigh pull, isometric Nordic hamstring curl)
▪ Open-kinetic chain methodologies (e.g., single joint testing

Question 7

break down each graph

1st:
2nd:
3rd:
4th:

Answer 7

1st:
improving strength and speed
2nd:
not improving strength, but speed
3rd:
improving strength not speed
4th:
increase both margianally

Question 8

phases of the jump

evaluation of

Answer 8

• Unloading phase weightless,

eccentric deceleration phase,

concentric propulsive phase

• Evaluation of mechanical muscle power (power absorbed +
  propulsive power)

Question 9

doing the model training model

acurately measure what 3 things

Answer 9

isometric strength

concentric strength

eccentric strength

Question 10

barbell CMJ testing

assessment with submaximal loads
minimize….? movement…? strength?

testing of what strength capacities?

easily transferable?

Answer 10

Assessment and monitoring of maximal strength with sub- maximal loads. minimizing safety concerns. movement variability. measurement issues related to eccentric strength

CMJ-derived velocity-load testing allows for differentiation between eccentric, isometric, and concentric strength
capacities

Easily transferable to a range of clinical and high- performance sport environments