Have you ever wondered whether your players perceive the intensity of your training as intended? And did you know that you can win games, prevent injuries and optimize the training loads of your players with only their answers on 5 easy questions? Getting information from exertion and recovery forms is already accepted within football and field hockey practice. Subjective data is often gathered through pen & paper, but analysis afterwards is a time-consuming process. An easy and user-friendly App can help you, as a coach, to gather and analyze the data of all players of your team in an effective and time-efficient way on your mobile phone! The JOHAN Team Performance App can offer an affordable solution for teams ranging from amateur to professional level. In today’s blog we will discuss how subjective data can be used in training load monitoring.
Ideal training load
“Every morning we discuss outliers in the subjective data with the entire staff.” – Physical Trainer SC Cambuur (1st Division, Netherlands)
Ideal weekly periodization
“After every training, I check how players perceived the training and adjust my training accordingly.” – Trainer FC Rijnvogels (Hoofdklasse, Amateurs)
Picture1: Exertion form
Recovery status
Picture 2: Recovery form
Why should you use forms to monitor training load?
The subjective data can therefore not only give you valuable feedback on whether the planned training intensity was reached, but it can also inform you about the ideal training load, the weekly periodization, and whether your players have recovered from the training sessions or not. The JOHAN RPE Performance App is a great first step in monitoring your team in an easy way!
“It is addicting, but more importantly it is effective.” – Trainer FC Rijnvogels
Johan’s tip of the week
Furthermore, good education and feedback to players are needed for better mobile app data. The goal of the mobile app is not to verify whether players have delivered enough workload. More important, it is aimed at giving you feedback on how to optimize your training schedule. By showing results periodically, and showing how the data is used to adjust the training, players will see the value of providing good/honest answers. This way you take care of fitter and better players together!