Gaining the Psychological Advantage Through Performance Monitoring

December 16, 2013
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As sport is ever evolving, teams and individuals who wish to reach the top are constantly looking at the little details or “inches” that will help drive them towards the finish line in 1st place or help them achieve that last minute winning score. One of the best ways to achieve that is to record, monitor, and analyse their own details to prepare for the future. But why do this? Why would a system like this benefit anyone in sport? Surely an athlete or player knows what they are doing themselves?

In essence, most athletes and players do have a vast knowledge of the sport they’re playing, yet a platform such as this can give them the edge, and psychologically there is more than enough evidence to support this. In a previous blog I mentioned how monitoring can improve psychological aspects of the athlete like develop higher levels of motivation and autonomy for making better choices – yet this is really just the tip of the ice berg.

Looking closely at the benefits, we can see from a training perspective that knowing when to accurately adjust training load and intensity coupled with keeping in touch with areas of training that require more attention than others are vitally important. Monitoring your training and daily habits can regulate your progression.

Looking closer at the psychological aspects, Leo Isaac found that athletes are able to identify more “self-knowledge” through this monitoring idea, and that this in turn can help the athletes identify problems that interfere with performance (both acute and chronic). Giving the athlete this extra knowledge makes them a stronger individual mentally and could in turn improve the coach-athlete relationship.

Self-monitoring can also benefit an athlete by boosting impetus and confidence – studies have shown that athletes who keep a log of their training exude more confidence in the knowledge that they have trained hard over the season and can reflect on this looking at their log (Sportinmind). Self-monitoring also allows the athlete to gain perspective, improve focus and improve training adherence and punctuality –this is done by making athletes accountable through their training log.

Goal-setting is another big influence on an athlete’s career – this can be enhanced through self-monitoring by means of athletes identifying where they currently are in terms of training and performance, and how they wish to reach a certain goal (the extra gear.com).

Again this is only a sample of what monitoring athletes training and lifestyle can do. Metrifit has been designed with this in mind, and is the culmination of a number of psychological studies based on athletes and teams in sport. When we couple this psychological aspect with the physical measurements, we can see that Metrifit is a powerful tool in the race for sporting greatness.

“We are what we repeatedly do.  Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit”, Aristotle

About Metrifit

Metrifit is an athlete monitoring system that gathers subjective and objective information from both coaches and athletes in a simple but effective manner with intelligent visualization helping coaches and athletes to act on that data. Why not have a look at our Ready to Perform product and gain insight on the physical and mental state of your athletes through our daily wellbeing questionnaire? To find out more visit our Metrifit Product Overview page or get in touch for a free demo.

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Metrifit Athlete Monitoring System
"What’s more impressive is the ability to utilize the basics but at the same time have the capability to explore detailed and intricate correlative data points that helps us as coaches gain the most from our athletes. Metrifit has also served as an easy communications hub to ensure essential information is passed to the appropriate team. We are excited to what the future from Metrifit will bring."

Michael Torres

CEO, Shift Performance, Miami

Metrifit Athlete Monitoring System
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Michael Torres

CEO, Shift Performance, Miami

"What’s more impressive is the ability to utilize the basics but at the same time have the capability to explore detailed and intricate correlative data points that helps us as coaches gain the most from our athletes. Metrifit has also served as an easy communications hub to ensure essential information is passed to the appropriate team. We are excited to what the future from Metrifit will bring."

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