Key points

It is imperative to monitor several KPIs at the same time since humans are highly variable systems in order to understand what is actually driving the observed change or even further use multivariate analysis to reduce your data in new meaningful dimensions.

The above KPIs are just the most used in the literature and produced acceptable correlations with outcomes of interest. This does not mean that other metric could be used or be meaningful.

Performance assessment

Purpose

Test and assess correlations with other physical capacity measures

KPI

KPIs included here have been seen from the literature to correlate with performance in several activities such as strength, linear acceleration, linear speed, and change of direction ability.

Neuromuscular fatigue

Purpose

Detection of neuromuscular fatigue

Injury - Rehabilitation

Purpose

To assess progress after injury and inform decision for return to play actions

References

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Koklu Y, Alemdaroglu U, Ozkan A, Koz M, and Ersoz G. The relationship between sprint ability, agility and vertical jump performance in young soccer players. Sci Sports 30: e1-e5, 2015.

3

Bishop, Chris PhD1; Jordan, Matt PhD2; Torres-Ronda, Lorena PhD3; Loturco, Irineu PhD4; Harry, John PhD5; Virgile, Adam MS6; Mundy, Peter PhD7; Turner, Anthony PhD1; Comfort, Paul PhD8. Selecting Metrics That Matter: Comparing the Use of the Countermovement Jump for Performance Profiling, Neuromuscular Fatigue Monitoring, and Injury Rehabilitation Testing. Strength and Conditioning Journal, January 9, 2023. | DOI: 10.1519/ SSC.0000000000000772

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Loturco I, D’Angelo R, Fernandes V, Gil S, Kobal R, Cal Abad C, Kitamura K, and Nakamura F. Relationship between sprint ability and loaded/unloaded jump tests in elite sprinters. J Strength Cond Res 29: 758-764, 2015. 5) McFarland I, Dawes J, Elder C, and Lockie R. Relationship of two vertical jumping tests to sprint and change of direction speed among male and female collegiate soccer players. MDPI Sports 4: 11-17, 2016.