Jump analysis, asymmetries thresholds and using the reactive strength index with Matt Jordan (Director of Sports Science at Canadian Sports Institute, Calgary)

In this episode of the Pacey Performance Podcast, I am speaking to Director of Sports Science at the Canadian Sports Institute, Calgary, Matt Jordan. This is Matt's second time on the podcast after he featured in episode #46. We revisited a number of topics that we discussed back in August 2015 but also covered a few new areas. Matt is doing some incredible work when it comes to jump analysis and is quite rightly becoming very well known worldwide for this work. If you are interesting in monitoring jumps for performance, fatigue or readiness, this episode does not disappoint.

If you enjoyed this episode with Matt Jordan, you may enjoy these other episodes talking about force plate data - Jason Lake, Daniel Cohen & Phil Graham Smith.

In this episode we discussed...

• Who is Matt Jordan (background, education and experience)
• Jump analysis to inform decision making
  • Asymmetries
    • Performance
    • RTP
      • Thresholds?
  • Making decisions based on the data
    • Use of thresholds?
    • Variables
      • Sensitivity of various variables
    • What is meaningful for injury risk, RTP etc (Martin Buchheit & Amit Batra)
      • Concentric peak force, braking variables etc
• RSI
  • Overlooked for sexier alternatives?
  • Protocols to assess RSI
  • Use during RTP
• Identifying deceleration qualities from jump testing (Callum Walsh)
• One gym lift for sprinters? (Matt Cave)
• Book recommendations for your younger self (Jackson Bertoli)

Matt can be found on Twitter @jordanstrength

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Enjoy

PP