Introducing Group Dashboards: Practical Application

The Benefit of Group Dashboards

A common concern we hear from practitioners across all sectors is how to best manage and visualize group data. While many options are available for collecting data, it can still be challenging to use it in a way that truly impacts your program. At Output, we aim not just to help practitioners gather more information about their athletes but to empower them to use that data to improve performance.

"The real value of data lies not in collecting it, but in what you do with it."

Our NEW Group Dashboard update helps you do just that. By comparing individuals to their peers on an easy-to-use platform, you can bring your data to life, making informed, data-driven decisions easier.

Check out this article to learn more about how our Group Dashboard feature works.

There are two main ways group dashboards can be leveraged to bring your athlete’s data to life:

• Profiling your athlete based on positional or group data 
• Monitoring group readiness 

Let’s dive deeper into both examples below. 

Example: Athlete Profiling 

In simple terms, athlete profiling involves assessing what your athlete is capable of across various qualities relevant to their sport and position.
E.g For a high school running back, you might assess lower body strength, reactive strength, speed, agility, and repeated sprint ability. For a collegiate outside hitter in volleyball, you might assess lower body strength, countermovement jump height, and upper extremity mobility. 

Regardless of whom you're working with, the tests chosen and the associated metrics collected should align with the demands of their role in their field of play.

While gathering this data is helpful, it shouldn’t be viewed in isolation. By comparing athletes to others in their position, you can identify their strengths and weaknesses and adjust their training accordingly. For example, if we compare the high school running back’s performance testing data to that of their peers and find that, while they are agile, their lower body strength and body weight are comparatively low, we can tailor their training to address these areas. A general principle, especially as athletes reach higher levels of competition, is to maintain strengths while improving weaknesses. It’s important to ensure that enhancing one quality doesn’t negatively impact another that is critical to their ability to perform their role effectively.

Example: Group Monitoring 

In a research setting, monitoring is often focused on the individual level, answering the question, “How is this single athlete responding to load?” However, monitoring at a group level also holds significant value and can now be easily achieved using Output’s Group Dashboards.

Group monitoring enables you to track how your athletes respond to various types of load, including:

• Training stress
• Practice stress
• Competition stress
• School stress
• Life stress

All this data can be visualized in one centralized platform.

As coaches, our role is to manage stress effectively. By visualizing group data with Output’s Group Dashboards, you can gain insights into how the entire team is responding and make informed adjustments as needed.

Wrap Up 

• The data you collect should impact your program in a meaningful way. 

• Comparing an individual athlete to their peers allows you to uncover their personal strengths and weaknesses to modify their program accordingly. 

• Group monitoring is a valuable tool to see how your team is responding to a variety of stressors. 

Interested in seeing Group Dashboards in action? Request a demo here!