NEWS AND RESEARCH

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…

What are norms (normative data)?

To help you become familiar with normative data, we've asked…

Jump Performance: AFL vs NRL 2021

How does the Australian Football League (AFL) and the National…

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,…
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USE CASE: Dynamic Strength Index

In this brief use case, we discuss how to interpret and utilise…

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…

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: 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

  We are commonly asked by our clients about the latest…

Five years of Hamstring Injury Research in 25 minutes

Title: Five years of hamstring injury research in 25 minutes:…

Leicester City: The science behind their Premier League title

  Leicester City FC’s 2015-16 Premier League title…

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  • Resources and system implementation
  • Data interpretation

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