The limits of linear: Rethinking athlete monitoring for multidirectional sports
Thu 9th Jul 2026 20:30
Guests
Martin Buchheit
Aspetar
Andrew Gray
Hudl
Darcy Norman
Chicago Fire
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Most load monitoring frameworks were built around linear movement. Most sports doesn't happen in straight lines. In this roundtable, Martin Buchheit (Aspetar), Darcy Norman (Chicago Fire) and Andrew Gray (Hudl) challenge three of the field's most persistent blind spots, from the gap between traditional metrics and direction-sensitive demands, to the habit of chasing linear distance in rehab, to the question of whether we're anchoring training load to match demands or to individual player capacity. Direct, data-informed and practitioner-focused....
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