Actionable Data for Winning and Developing Athletes - Jamie Hepner, Dir. Sports Science, Catapult

Jamie Hepner is the Director of Applied Sport Science and Football Performance at Catapult.

We sit down with Jamie to discuss technology, analytics, and data that help win games and develop our athletes. Translate data into action. 

Show Notes:

-Jamie Hepner’s background

-The gap closing between on field coaches and sports science

-Progression for a team starting with analytics

-“Interesting data is for fans. Actionable data is for coaches.”

-Ask questions of the data

-Physically peaking for the first game

-Camp usually is a regression of intensity

-How much is too much? There is no magic number

-How position coaches are using data

-Broad guidelines with understanding of risks

-Reinforcing non-maximal effort can have an effect on maximal output

-You can compromise intensity or compromise how you do it

-Competitive advantage is in quality not quantity

-Team periods - what do I want to be?

-A marathon runner doesn’t run a marathon every day to prepare for the race

-Considering intensity and rest

-Special Teams consideration - what does it cost me?

-Standardizing data for recruiting

-Understanding the type of athletes I need for my offense or defense

-Find an opponent’s weakness and exploit it

-Doing more with well engineered practices

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