Quantifying Hustle with Dr. Stephen McGregor

On Episode #86 of the Hockey Strength Podcast, Dr. Stephen McGregor (henceforth, Steve) joins the show.

Steve is a Professor of Exercise Science at Eastern Michigan University and is a leading expert in the area of the use of sensors to monitor and manage sports performance. He has been a leading researcher and practitioner in the use of sensors and their application with athletes for over 25 years and has advised/coached numerous World Champions and Olympians including multiple Olympic medalists.

He was a pioneer in the use of GPS to monitor and manage running performance and later added accelerometry to the arsenal of tools he applied to monitor performance in all sports. In team sports, he has advised teams in the NFL, NCAA basketball, and NCAA hockey.

Specific to hockey, within the context of his 3-year research project, “Leveraging technology to enhance player safety and enhance player development in US Ice Hockey”, he accumulated over 20,000 individual sessions including accelerometer and heart rate data for teams ranging from Squirt Tier 2 up to National Team Development Program (NTDP) U18 teams. Outside of research, with his software product, ACHIEVE, he advises/manages sensor analytics for teams at the USHL, National Team, and college levels.

 

We discuss:

- Steve's background in academia.

- What "Individual Hustle Score" is, and how it motivated an average town youth player to surpass his developmental expectation.

- The future of sensor analytics at all levels of hockey.

Check out Steve's product ACHIEVE.

Watch Steve's webinar 'Internal vs. Eternal Load.'

Get in touch with Steve (he has no social media) through email. (mcgreg2007@gmail.com)