Velocity Based Training Provides A Clear Path Toward Improved Athletic Performance

For a growing number of strength and conditioning coaches, a critical difference maker in gaining a competitive advantage has arisen with the use of innovative devices easily incorporated into an athlete’s workout to measure, track and analyze data gleaned through Velocity Based Training (VBT).

VBT measures the movement velocity of any type of lift performed with proper technique – and has proven an essential component for gauging the intensity of a lift.

In the ultra-competitive world of athletics, high schools feature only a select number of student-athletes who are considered physically elite.

With the high degree of knowledge among strength and conditioning coaches, as well as the technological evolution that has taken place in recent years, the parity among all levels of sports has never been greater.

Measuring the speed of a lift with a VITRUVE VBT data-capture device provides more immediate information and feedback to strength and conditioning coaches who have long been limited by weight measurements as the sole point of reference for each lift.

Strength and conditioning coaches who embrace VBT often become enamored with the wide range of useful data it provides, both individually and collectively as a team. Invariably, these coaches purchase multiple VBT units for use in their weight rooms.

Coaches who use VITRUVE experience wide-ranging benefits from capturing VBT data, including:

1. increased levels of strength,
2. greater explosiveness,
3. improved training efficiency,
4. overall reduction in athlete injuries,
5. decrease in fatigue,
6. a 60% decrease in recovery time, and
7. a program-wide increase in weight-room motivation.

Zach Fears, director of sports performance at Southeastern Oklahoma State University, believes in VBT to his core.

The leader of the Savage Storms’ strength and conditioning program says utilizing the VITRUVE system to capture critical VBT data allows him to set up in-season and off-season training protocols for all athletes. The system also provides a key evaluation tool for adjusting individual daily workouts.

“I was familiar with VBT concepts and already a fan of the benefits derived from VBT training long before I’d ever heard of VITRUVE,” says Fears. “When I was first introduced to it, with all the different features a VITRUVE system possesses, and all the types of useful, applicable strength and conditioning information it provides, to be honest with you – for the low price – as inexpensive as it was, it seemed almost too good to be true.

“So with some skepticism, I initially purchased one VITRUVE unit and used it exclusively as a tool for using VBT with our men’s and women’ basketball athletes for an entire season. It wasn’t halfway through the season before I knew I wanted to use VBT data capture for all the sports at our school.

“Thanks to the benefits of VBT and the valuable, instant information the VITRUVE system provided, our athletes improved in-season and their bodies recovered faster, and both the men’s and women’s basketball teams at Southeastern Oklahoma made the NCAA Division 2 tournament for the first time in school history.

“These days, I want VITRUVE encoder devices all over the place in my weight room.”

To learn more about the benefits of VBT data capture, the VITRUVE system or to get a free demo unit, check out the information below.