Sometimes sports performance professionals can overcomplicate things. I know I’ve been guilty of this myself for more than a time or two. Recently, I’ve seen theories and ideas floated around as to why football players do not achieve top speeds (their maximum velocity) in games. I oversaw all the Catapult data (the player tracking devices…
The 2022 NFL Combine just wrapped up and the stat nerd in me started going through all of the testing numbers. I went through and averaged out all the numbers, by position (I also added the top performer of each drill at every position.) This is something I always liked to do to share with…
One of the questions that I get asked the most when it comes to running Catapult, especially from new coaches who have just received their Catapult units for the first time is: What exactly do you look at? Or more specifically, what metrics do you use? This is a great question because one of the…