Performance: Sports Science

SPORTS SCIENCE

Princeton Tiger Performance optimizes the physiological and psychological health of Princeton student-athletes by developing a culture of excellence based on core values. Sports science plays a critical role in student-athlete development, appearing in multiple facets of Princeton Tiger Performance. Science drives strength and conditioning, dietary and fueling habits rest and recovery techniques, and sports psychology/mental skills training. Princeton Tiger Performance implements several technologies to optimize efficiencies and effectiveness.

The following technologies are utilized at the request of the sport coach to capture the data that contributes to high level training environments. For detailed information on a specific technology, click on the links below.

Catapult: Catapult is a wearable tracking device that measure external training load through GPS data analytics. Along with training load, other useful metrics monitored include max velocity, time in speed zones, explosive movements, change of direction, and total distance covered.

Catapult Homepage

FirstBeat: FirstBeat wearable devices collect information on internal training load through heart rate analysis as well uses heart rate variability as a means of understanding readiness and recovery. With this technology the performance team can evaluate heart rate response to training, training intensities, and specific training effects of every session. FirstBeat also offers the ability to perform stress and recovery assessments as well as sleep quality evaluations.

FirstBeat Homepage

Physimax: Physimax is a system designed to provide athletes with movement assessment and data diagnosis to reduce injury and optimize physical potential. The system focuses on providing insight into athletes’ mobility, strength, stability, and movement technique. Once reports are generated they are analyzed by the performance team and integrated into the athlete’s training program. This helps customize individual training programs based on specific needs of each athlete.

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Polar: Polar wearable devices collect both internal training load through heart rate monitoring as well as external training load through GPS monitoring. By using Polar, the performance team is able to monitor real time data including heart rate response, accumulative training load, speed, explosive movements, distance covered, caloric expenditure, as well as seeing a heat map of movement during post training evaluations.

Polar Homepage

TeamBuildr: TeamBuildr is an online platform designed to manage, track and analyze student-athlete training. The platform is a comprehensive system for management of individual and team training programs, data collection and reporting, online survey such as morning readiness questionnaires or RPE’s, and communication with document sharing capabilities. By downloading the TeamBuildr app, Princeton student-athletes will have complete access to their training program at any given moment.

TEAMBUILDR Homepage

Bod Pod Body Composition Analysis: Using the Bod Pod, the performance team can get accurate measure of body composition broken down as a ration of fat to fat-free mass. While body composition is one of the best overall indicators of health, the performance team uses this test to ensure athletes are responding properly to training. An increase or decrease in fat-free mass provides the performance staff with insight as to how the body is responding to the stress and demands of the season or off-season training. Assessments are performed at the request of the coaching staff and only when consent is given by the student-athlete. Once the analysis is complete, data sharing is also only done at the consent of the student-athlete. Princeton Athletics and University Health Services will take every precaution to ensure body composition testing is performed in a safe and healthy manner.

Bod Pod Homepage

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