Technology Solutions in Sports Performance Mike McKenney, MS, LAT, ATC Director of Sports Medicine

Who is Sports Performance? Multidisciplinary team of Athletic Trainers and Strength & Conditioning Coaches Provide medical and strength training to NCAA Varsity Athletes 450 student-athletes (Daily contact) Complete continuum of care from start to finish – Our decisions directly impact health, performance, emotional development

Identified Need/Problems Efficient way to gather AND analyze data Software is often proprietary, subscription based, and you can’t be creative How do we provide services that benefit their health and well-being when they are not in the building? Student-athletes are BUSY NCAA Estimates an “80 hour work-week” when you combine academics and team commitments We are competing for very limited space in their schedules Student-athlete feedback They often give us answers, we just have to listen Improved Staff Management

Building a solution Treat athletes as students– Meet them in their learning environment In the high performance world, athletes need to learn: Healthy nutritional practices Recovery strategies Time management Personal growth and development Utilize current services that already exist in their academic learning environment Reduce department needs to core functionality of existing programs Benefits Talented professionals to collaborate and build solutions Cost reduction! Growing acceptance of eMedicine for chronic intervention

Visualize Daily Schedule next to meetings Changes in Outlook Calendar Change SharePoint Calendar Easy way to input monthly Staff Schedules

Future Directions Office 365 Administrative Management Planner: Potential use for scheduled administrative tasks Staff Hub: Possible replacement for staff scheduling Microsoft Garage Options Sports Performance Platform for integrative data analytics

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