Leveraging Normative Data for Talent Development in Men’s Football
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Understanding the Plyometric Continuum with ForceDecks
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Pre-season assessments and monitoring: are returning athletes ‘strong enough’ to run fast?
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If You Can’t See It You Can’t Be It: Breaking down barriers for female athletes.
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Normative Data in Youth Academy Football: Impacts on hip and groin injuries.
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20 Years of Speed: The Past, Present and Future of SmartSpeed.
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VALD Injury Prediction Statement
Background Musculoskeletal injuries typically result from complex,…
RESEARCH SUMMARY: Is there a correlation between neck strength and concussion?
Original research title: 'Poor isometric neck extension strength…
MLS data wrap-up: what did strength and power look like in Major League Soccer from 2016 to 2021?
In the lead up to the 2021 Major League Soccer (MLS) Cup,…
Australian Football League vs National Rugby League: Nordic force across the years (2016-2021)
What does Nordic force look like across the years in the AFL…
RESEARCH SUMMARY: Return to performance of an elite female footballer following ACL reconstruction
Original research title: 'Physical preparation and return to…
VALD acquires SmartSpeed from Fusion Sport
We are excited to announce we have acquired the SmartSpeed Timing…
RESEARCH SUMMARY: Hip strength as an intrinsic risk factor for lateral ankle sprains in youth football athletes (De Ridder et al., 2016)
Original research title: 'Hip Strength as an Intrinsic Risk Factor…
What are norms (normative data)?
To help you become familiar with normative data, we've asked…
RESEARCH SUMMARY: Can field based strength tests assess running ability in youth football athletes? (Jones et al., 2021)
Original research title: 'Field based lower limb strength tests…
Jump Performance: AFL vs NRL 2021
How does the Australian Football League (AFL) and the National…
RESEARCH SUMMARY: What does the rehabilitation and return to sport process look like for an elite footballer following a high grade hamstring injury?
Original research title: 'Managing the return to sport of the…
RESEARCH SUMMARY: Can balance deficits following a concussion accurately be measured with self-reported symptoms?
Original research title: 'Self-reported balance status is not…
RESEARCH SUMMARY: Hamstring injury prevention for elite football athletes (Chebbi et al., 2020)
Original research title: 'Hamstring injury prevention for elite…
Normative data reports now available on VALD Hub
We are excited to announce that as a VALD client you can now…
NBA Season CMJ Results: 2020-21
How did the Eastern and Western conferences stack up against…
RESEARCH SUMMARY: Hamstring strain rehabilitation and re-injury risk (Hickey et al., 2021)
Original research title: 'Current clinical concepts: hamstring…
English / European Football Seasons Performance Comparison: 2019-20 & 2020-21
How do the 2020-21 season English / European football performance…
RESEARCH SUMMARY: Considerations when interpreting neuromuscular state in elite Australian Rules Football athletes
Original research title: 'Considerations in interpreting neuromuscular…
How to analyse countermovement jump data using R and RStudio
An introduction to using R and R Studio...Recently on our socials,…
USE CASE: Dynamic Strength Index
In this brief use case, we discuss how to interpret and utilise…
RESEARCH SUMMARY: Test re-test reliability of single and multijoint strength properties in female Australian football athletes (Kadlec et al., 2021)
Original research title: 'Test Re-test Reliability of Single…
Testing neuromuscular strength of pre-professional ballet students with ForceDecks: Royal Ballet School
The Royal Ballet School has integrated ForceDecks to regularly…
RESEARCH SUMMARY: A 90 minute soccer match induces eccentric hamstring muscles fatigue (Kakavas et al., 2021)
Original research title: 'A 90 minute soccer match induces eccentric…
How to use VALD’s Excel monitoring dashboard template
This one is for the Excel lovers. We recently did a LinkedIn…
RESEARCH SUMMARY: What is the Dynamic Strength Index?
The concept of profiling the dynamic force capabilities of athletes…
AFLW Normative Data: Nordic, Hip Adduction and CMJ Results
A distribution of results from over 170 athletes and over 4,000…
NFL vs NCAA positional comparison: Nordic and CMJ results
How do National Football League (NFL) and National Collegiate…
RESEARCH SUMMARY: Isometric vs eccentric testing for assessing hamstring strength of youth alpine ski racing athletes (Luchner et al., 2021)
Original research title: 'Maximal isometric or eccentric hamstring…
Monitoring personnel at the U.S. Department of State – HumanTrak
In this case study, we gather insight into how Jacob Walker (Human…
Female Professional Athletes: Nordic and Hip Ad/Ab Results
The following figures highlight the age-based distribution of…
RESEARCH SUMMARY: Hamstring adaptations in semi-pro Australian football athletes (Timmins et al., 2021)
Original research title: 'Sprinting, Strength and Architectural…
NFL vs NCAA College Football – Nordic and Hip Ad/Ab strength comparison
NFL vs NCAA College Football - Nordic and Hip Ad/Ab strength…
RESEARCH SUMMARY: Monitoring hamstring fascicle length and running (McGrath et al., 2020)
Title: Monitoring hamstring fascicle length and runningAuthors:…
New ForceDecks Mini: Affordable. Portable. Compact.
VALD is pleased to introduce our all-new ForceDecks Mini, our…
RESEARCH SUMMARY: Identifying Reliable and Relatable Force–Time Metrics in Athletes (Merrigan et al., 2020)
Title: Identifying Reliable and Relatable Force–Time Metrics…
European Football Report Season 2019-20: Nordic Strength
Drawn from VALD’s European Football Report for the 2019-20…
European Football Report Season 2019-20: Hip Adductor Strength
The following graphs represent the distribution of results from…
RESEARCH SUMMARY: Measurement Properties of [GroinBar] in AFL athletes (Ryan et al., 2018)
Title: Measurement Properties of an Adductor Strength…
RESEARCH SUMMARY: Eccentric knee flexor strength and risk of hamstring injuries in Rugby Union: A prospective study (Bourne et al., 2015)
Title: Eccentric knee flexor strength and risk of hamstring…
RESEARCH SUMMARY: Eccentric hamstring strength and hamstring injury risk in Australian footballers (Opar et al., 2014)
Title: Eccentric hamstring strength and hamstring injury risk…
RESEARCH SUMMARY: Reduced biceps femoris myoelectrical activity influences eccentric knee flexor weakness after repeat sprint running (Timmins et al. 2014)
Title: Reduced biceps femoris myoelectrical activity influences…
RESEARCH SUMMARY: The role of neuromuscular inhibition in hamstring strain injury recurrence (Fyfe et al., 2013)
Title: The role of neuromuscular inhibition in hamstring strain…
RESEARCH SUMMARY: Factors that lead to hamstring strain injury and re-injury (Opar et al., 2012)
Title: Hamstring strain injuries: Factors that lead to injury…
HAMSTRING RESEARCH REVIEW
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Five years of Hamstring Injury Research in 25 minutes
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Short biceps femoris fascicles and eccentric knee flexor weakness increase the risk of hamstring injury in elite football (soccer): A prospective cohort study
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Leicester City: The science behind their Premier League title
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