ForceDecks: Dual Forceplate System
Portable, powerful, easy-to-use force plate system for analyzing jumps, strength, power, asymmetry and more.
EASE OF USE
Force plates made fast.portable.intuitive.affordable.easy.
No longer confined to research labs and elite sporting teams, ForceDecks’ lightweight, portable force plates and intuitive app make it easy to assess your athletes’ strength, movement, asymmetry and balance. No biomechanics degree required.
Whether you work in team sports, olympic sports, performing arts or first response, you can use ForceDecks to benchmark, monitor and train your athletes.
USABILITY
Easy to set up. Easy to use.
Historically, force plates were notoriously difficult to use and their data was notoriously difficult to interpret.
ForceDecks changes that. Simply pair with your plates via the ForceDecks app, select your athlete, perform a test and watch their results appear immediately, in terminology that makes sense to you and your athlete.
VERSATILITY
Assess jumps, strength, asymmetry and more.
ForceDecks automatically detects and assesses over 20 different movements, from squats to jumps and from isometric strength to functional tests, such as sit-to-stand and balance assessments. There’s a test for almost any athlete or performance goal.
Countermovement Rebound Jump
Land and Hold
Countermovement Jump
Isometric Mid-Thigh Pull
Drop Jump
Quiet Stand Balance
Countermovement Rebound Jump
Land and Hold
Countermovement Jump
Isometric Mid-Thigh Pull
Drop Jump
Quiet Stand Balance
ForceDecks Vision: Force data and video, together at last.
ForceDecks Vision helps make complicated force data simple.
Just use your iPad camera to capture videos of your athletes as they perform any ForceDecks test, and see your force data and footage automatically synchronized, annotated and ready to jump to at any moment.
Is your athlete’s knee collapsing at the end of the eccentric phase and resulting in force asymmetries? Simply tap, scrub and show them.
Introducing Norms: integrated normative data.
We know that force plate data can be intimidating and overwhelming. Norms help overcome these challenges.
A common question from athletes is “Was that result good?” With Norms, you can now answer that question with confidence.
Based on millions of data points and integrated directly into VALD Hub reports, Norms give you robust, reliable reference points and help bring context to your athletes’ data.
Center of Pressure: the new standard for balance assessment.
ForceDecks measure not just how much force your athlete is producing, but where they’re applying it. Whether you’re working with extreme sports athletes, dancers or athletes with balance deficiencies, Center of Pressure (CoP) allows you to assess a range of balance tasks with pinpoint accuracy.
New to CoP? Read our breakdown here.
FIT FOR PURPOSE
Built for performance and portability.
ForceDecks dual, uniaxial force plates automatically detects and assesses over 20 different movements, including a range of jump types, isometric strength and functional tests such as squats and push-ups. There’s a test for almost any athlete, sport or performance goal.
Three ForceDecks models
Whether you’re looking for portability, size or capacity, there’s a ForceDecks model that will suit you and your athletes, all with the same easy-to-use system.
Not sure which is right for you? Read our Buyer’s Guide.
RELIABILITY
Fully validated
“ForceDecks and laboratory plates show less than 1% difference in over 200 metrics [and] mean bias of under 2.5N (and 0.1mm for COP) across all analyzed tests.”
Collings, et al. (2024)
ACCESSORIES
Test and travel with a range of accessories.
ForceDecks offers a range of optional accessories, including:
- Travel cases
- Upholstered safety surrounds
- Portable isometric testing rigs
- Full-size isometric testing racks
Prefer to do your own analysis? Check out our valdr R package
EDUCATION
We know that force plates can be daunting.
We offer a range of educational resources, training and support to help you and your team understand and get the most out of ForceDecks, along with all of your VALD products.
Using force plates allows us to take a more targeted approach, identifying where athletes may be lacking in strength capacity from a neuromuscular standpoint. This not only helps improve their overall preparation but also addresses the long and often difficult recovery journey following injuries like ACL tears.
Matt Jordan
Scientist, Performance Consultant
Jordan Strength
Tools such as ForceDecks play a critical role in this process, providing precise and objective measurement of key variables such as ground reaction force, RFD and concentric power output. Without access to this level of detail, practitioners are left to rely on estimations or subjective indicators, which can lead to suboptimal load selection and missed opportunities for adaptation.
Antonio Squillante
Assistant Professor of Kinesiology
Point Loma Nazarene University
ForceDecks have been an incredibly versatile tool for us. We can use it to communicate return-to-play attributes to athletic trainers, health and wellness characteristics with physicians and performance characteristics with personal trainers and strength coaches.
Zach Baker
Chief Clinical Officer
Rehab 2 Perform
The objective data from DynaMo and ForceDecks has been a game-changer in my practice, helping me make more informed clinical decisions to confidently progress my ACL patients and athletes through their rehabilitation journey.
Mick Hughes
Founder
Learn.Physio
SUBSCRIPTION PACKAGES
What is included in your VALD Subscription?
ForceDecks systemChoose from ForceDecks Mini, ForceDecks Lite or ForceDecks Max
ForceDecks appsAvailable on iOS and Windows
Access to VALD Hub
Unlimited onboarding and training
MoveHealth client app
Unlimited support
Unlimited users and profiles
Unlimited VALD Academy access
Access to upgrades
Extensive Knowledge Base
Comprehensive warranty
Webinars, guides, podcasts and more
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Our team is here to help you get the most of your VALD technology. We are a solutions-focused company, so if you have something you want to better understand, we want to help you find a way to measure and track it.
