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🎥 Watch the full webinar replay: Maximising the Value of VBT. Our CEO and co-founder, Martin O’Reilly, joined Dan Howells to explore how coaches can apply velocity based training in practice, covering load velocity profiling, autoregulation, velocity drop off and readiness monitoring. The key takeaway: start with a clear coaching question, fit VBT into your existing training flow and build from there. 🔗 Link: eu1.hubs.ly/H0wWlxD0

What shows up in extra time was measured long before it. Good luck in the semi final, @england. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

What are the best predictors of tennis serve velocity? 🎾 New research involving NCAA Division I tennis players found that countermovement jump (CMJ) height and medicine ball rotational scoop throw peak velocity produced the strongest and most consistent signals for faster serves. In contrast, adding trunk range of motion did not improve the predictive model. These findings support the role of whole-body power in serve performance. Serve velocity is not determined by the hitting arm in isolation. It relies on the athlete’s ability to generate force through the lower body and transfer it efficiently through the trunk and upper body into the racket. For practitioners, CMJs and rotational medicine ball throws may therefore provide useful field-based assessments of the physical qualities associated with serve performance. The physical performance data in this study was captured using the Output Sports V2 IMU sensor, highlighting its ability to assess multiple qualities relevant to tennis performance. 👉 Interested in seeing how Output works? Click here for your free walkthrough: eu1.hubs.ly/H0wTcNp0 Reference: Boyd et al. (2026). CMJ Height and Medicine-Ball Speed Show the Strongest Signals for Tennis Serve Velocity. #SportsScience #TennisPerformance #AthleteTesting

The unseen work behind World Cup performance. 🌍 At major tournaments every player arrives with a different training age, recovery profile, workload history and response to travel. For S&C staff, the job is not just keeping players fit. It is knowing when to push, when to hold back and how to keep standards high across the whole squad. That requires more than feel alone. Output helps staff test readiness, guide training intent and make objective performance decisions throughout camp. This is how Output helps staff manage every part of it. ✅ Follow for more insights into elite performance.

LIVE Thursday 9th July, 6:30PM UK / 1:30PM ET / 10:30AM PT We are delighted to have Howard Green hosting a free webinar with Output. Strength and power matter. But do they fully transfer, or is there a movement piece missing between the gym and the court? Howard has spent almost two decades answering exactly that in pro tennis. He breaks down the READER framework Tennis SuperMovers built to programme against the real demands of a point, and how they use testing and monitoring in Output to track whether the work is transferring. For any coach whose job is to make gym work show up in competition, this is a framework you can apply to your own environment, and a clearer basis for the calls you make. Comment READER for the link to register.

Really working on ways to incorporate limb speed into rehab as early as possible after Achilles repair. Using the @OutputSports device on the ankle to measure angular velocity which provided some great feedback.

If you are interested in learning more about how to optimise VBT use, join our interactive webinar on Monday with @OutputSports collaboratesports.com/webinar-events

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The environmental challenge quietly defining the World Cup ⛰️ At the 2026 World Cup, the environment changes before a ball is kicked. Teams flying from the US East Coast to Mexico City face an altitude shift that reduces available oxygen per breath by approximately 25%. That difference does not announce itself. An analysis of 1,460 international matches found altitude advantage mattered, with higher-based teams gaining roughly half a goal for every 3,281 feet (1,000 meters) of difference (McSharry, P. E., 2007). The Azteca sits at 7,349 feet. MetLife Stadium, where the final is played, sits at 3 feet. No tournament in history has asked squads to navigate that range within a single group stage. Travel compounds it. The 48 hour window after a significant altitude shift is where neuromuscular readiness drops before it recovers. A player can feel prepared and still be measurably below their baseline. Feel is not data. That is where Output helps. A countermovement jump takes seconds and gives staff data referenced against that athlete's own baseline. Not a number in isolation. A number in context. If jump height drops from baseline the morning after landing in Mexico City, that is not a guess. That is knowing it. 🔗 If you want to see how readiness testing could work in your setup, book a free demo: eu1.hubs.ly/H0wytZs0 #StrengthAndConditioning #SportScience #WorldCup

Onboarding just got faster. ⚡️ Athlete onboarding should not slow coaches down. That’s why you can now create QR codes and invite links directly in Output Hub. Athletes scan, sign up, and appear in your roster instantly. Perfect for team testing days, classes, and large group onboarding. Want to save more time? Comment DEMO for a free 1:1 walkthrough personalised to your coaching goals.

The interference effect has been misunderstood for 40 years: with careful planning, smart programming and VBT to manage fatigue, strength and endurance can be trained together and progressed at the same time. Book a 15 minute no-pressure call with our team to see how Output can assist with concurrent training: eu1.hubs.ly/H0wk7ld0

Every rep. Every test. Every number. Now it counts. Good luck, England. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

The travel problem nobody is talking about at this World Cup ✈️ The 2026 World Cup is not only a football challenge. It is a travel challenge, with squads moving between countries, cities, time zones and training environments across North America. England open in Dallas, then travel northeast to Boston, then New York. Three games. Progressive eastward travel. Germany open in Houston, move to Toronto, then finish in New York. The same pattern. Eastward across every game. France play their entire group stage in the northeast. No intra-group time zone risk, but any knockout fixture on the west coast puts them facing the largest possible eastward shift at the worst possible moment. Other teams face similar eastward jumps, and the science suggests direction matters. In an analysis of more than 11,000 NBA games, eastward jet lag was associated with a 6% drop in win percentage, a negative points differential and reduced rebounding effort, with the effect growing as the magnitude of eastward travel increased (Leota et al., 2022). For backroom staff, that makes travel part of readiness management. Testing cannot depend on one facility, one gym or one perfect setup. That is where Output comes in. One 21 gram sensor gives teams a portable way to test, drive intent and check readiness wherever the squad is training. ✅ Follow for more insights behind every performance.

The best never guess. Behind every performance is the data that makes the difference.

Hosting a webinar with @OutputSports called “Strength without slowing down” I’m going to talk about developing strength alongside endurance. Real data from my own case study, and how you can apply this to your coaching practice (or your own training).

Living in the UK, and looking for in person CPD events? This could be something to help collaboratesports.com/360 #strengthandconditioning #highperformance @OutputSports @VALDPerformance @1080motion

With @OutputSports, I can now quantify lifting performance at a range of submaximal weights. Loving the feedback they provide if I'm at, below or above my velocity norms at a certain load.

Fantastic to see Output Sports, our 2023 winner of Best New Sports Business, thriving! 👏 Their continued innovation and impact in the sports industry is truly inspiring. Now It's your turn! Enter the Irish Sport Industry Awards by visiting tinyurl.com/2rd8x7fp #ISIAS26

Great HYROX coaches know how to build hard work. The best ones also know exactly where to direct it. The HYROX Conditioning Test benchmarks the physical qualities that drive race performance. One score. Every athlete. Total clarity on where the programme needs to go.