4 WAYS STRIVE CAN TAKE YOUR TRAINING FROM GOOD TO GREAT
By Matt Howley
With STRIVE, our technology isn’t limited to just one application or setting. In fact, there are myriad ways to implement STRIVE that even overlap and support different capacities. In this blog post, we break down four key ways practitioners can use and get value out of STRIVE.
1. OPTIMIZE RETURN-TO-PLAY
One of the most important roles as a coach or trainer is ensuring your athletes are progressing while increasing function- especially when returning from an injury. While we’ve traditionally relied on the naked eye, force plate testing, and assurance from an athlete that they feel “ready,” technology like STRIVE can see what human eyes can’t and give coaches the data they need to make and back-up return-to-play decisions.
From analyzing muscle activation in the training room to evaluating symmetry during running and speed progressions – like change of direction and acceleration/deceleration work – STRIVE can give coaches and trainers the insights and data they need to understand when an athlete is ready to progress to the field, court, rink, etc.
2. MONITOR INDIVIDUALS AND TEAMS
Use STRIVE to capture data – either for individuals or your entire team – in the gym and on the field or court to get an apples-to-apples comparison to better assess gaps between training and game play.
Coaches can use STRIVE to see internal and external loads, muscle symmetries and locomotion efficiencies to better understand the movement strategies the athlete is using to achieve their outcomes. These outcomes could be increasing the weight lifted in the weight room or speed reached during a route to score a touchdown
3. ADD STRATEGY TO YOUR READINESS ASSESSMENT
You’re likely using force plate testing methods already to assess readiness in your athletes. While coaches and trainers can gain good outputs in this way, STRIVE data can up-level this method by easily showing and helping trainers understand an athlete’s “strategy” in achieving a given outcome.
Our technology measures muscle activation and frequency to show whether an athlete has to work harder or produce less muscle activity – aka their “strategy” – when repeating an exercise or activity. If the data shows that an athlete is working harder , we know they’re suffering from fatigue, whereas using less muscle activity indicates less fatigue and improved readiness.
4. PERFECT PERFORMANCE
An athlete’s work in the gym and in game-play are deeply connected, and the methods driving each should be too. STRIVE is rare in that it enables data collection across the spectrum meaning coaches can use the same tool on and off the field. With STRIVE, coaches can seamlessly compare data from what is being trained off-field in the gym in certain capacities vs. what the athlete is required to do on the field of play in practice or competition.
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While elite runner Zach Szablewski prepared to compete in a series of competitive running events, he worked with STRIVE to take a more scientific approach to his training. Through proprietary algorithms and sensors that seamlessly integrate into any compression clothing, STRIVE provides the most complete, actionable and accurate data for elite athletes to achieve peak performance.
FEBRUARY 8, 2022 | STRIVE today announced an agreement with the University of Kentucky men’s basketball team to use the STRIVE Performance System to monitor the muscle performance of its players during the college basketball season as the team prepares for the NCAA Tournament in March.
