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Associate Athletic Trainer (Football), LSU Athletics
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Associate Director of Human Performance, TCU Men's Basketball
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Associate Athletic Trainer, ASU Baseball
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ArticleJuly 10, 2026
What Is Movement Competency (and Why It Comes Before Load)
Movement competency defined: the ability to control fundamental movement patterns through a full range of motion, why it precedes loading, and how it is assessed objectively.
ArticleJune 2, 2026
Athlete Monitoring: What to Track Over a Season
A practical guide to athlete monitoring: setting baselines, choosing what to measure, reading trend views, and tracking movement asymmetry across a season.
ArticleApril 9, 2026
Youth Athlete Development: A Practical Guide for Coaches and Parents
Practical youth athlete development guidance: multi-sport sampling versus early specialization, training through the growth spurt, and how to judge progress against the right baseline.
ArticleFebruary 19, 2026
What Is Long-Term Athletic Development (LTAD)?
Long-term athletic development (LTAD) explained: the staged model, why chronological age misleads during growth, and how objective movement data supports every stage.
ArticleJanuary 28, 2026
Gamified Training Progression: Why Visible Progress Keeps Athletes Training
Why levels, scores, and streaks drive training adherence, and how progression earned through real biomechanics measurement differs from arbitrary game points.
ArticleJanuary 5, 2026
Sport Science: What It Is (and What It Isn't)
What sport science actually means: systematic observation, experimentation, and data analysis in sport, from 1950s Soviet training studies to modern motion capture.
By Ian Samuelson
ArticleAugust 8, 2025
The Story Behind Valor
How three University of Virginia classmates built Valor to make intelligent movement science accessible to every athlete and coach, no lab required.
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