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ATHLETE PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT
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Kinetic Athlete is state of the art APM that will immediately
improve the quality of information available to the coach and
support staff in their day to day preparation of athletes.
Visit www.kinetic-athlete.com for more detailed description
about this product.
Athlete Management vs Athlete Performance Management
There have been numerous attempts to automate the management
of all the information related to the training and management
of an athlete. These have been referred to as ``athlete
management systems’’ and typically they have attempted to
manage every scrap of information regarding the athlete
from performance tests, to nutrition, game results and even confidential
medical data.
The trouble with this approach is that the end product is
invariably big, complex and expensive as it tries to be
everything to
everyone. These systems usually fail because it is impossible
to get the buy-in fromallthe different disciplines working
with the athlete. Acceptance of these systems is usually
hampered by competition from existing systems that specialise
in a particular
area, such as medical records management systems or systems
developed in house by staff. This means that the new system
will often not meet all the requirements of the staff and
ends up creating more work instead of less.
Athlete Performance Management (APM) is a new light weight
coach-centred approach that focuses primarily on information
that is useful for the coach, and for support staff who deal
with the coach, in preparing the athlete for optimum performance.
The coach is at the coal face in dealing with the athlete from
a performance perspective. He does not need the complete medical
history of an athlete, he just needs recommendations from doctors
and physios on how to manage a current injury. He needs to
know if an athlete is eating well - not what he has eaten over
the last week. The coach needs to know if the athlete is tired
or stressed, but does not need a full psychiatric report.
APM is a system for managing and sharing useful information
between the coach, athlete and support disciplines so that
the athlete can produce the best possible performance time
after time. A good APM system seamlessly works across disciplines
and enhances the value of existing specialised systems without
adding complexity.
Key Advantages of Kinetic Athlete;
• Seamlessly manage and
share athlete results without adding complexity
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Automatically analyse, filter, summarise & report athlete
data to management, players and staff
• Simple export of results to all statistical packages including
Excel
• Customisable import options making Kinetic Athlete compatible
with your existing systems
