The Kinduct Athlete Management Series Podcast - Episode 3: Josh Walker

Welcome to the third in a new series of podcasts from the Leaders Performance Institute and our partners Kinduct. Over the course of this series you'll hear from human performance experts across the world discussing best practice, the role of performance data, and what the future of athlete and intelligence management systems might look like. Episode 1 with Kevin Forbes, Enterprise Product Manager at Kinduct, is available here. Episode 2 with Brandon McDaniel, Head of Strength & Conditioning at the LA Dodgers, is available here. For this episode, we spoke to Josh Walker, the Co-Founder and President of the Sports Innovation Lab, identifies and evaluates the technology products and services that will power the future of sports. Walker spoke about the need for sports tech to speak to the end user, as well as the challenge of education and informing coaching staff of its value. Also on the agenda were: - Why Moneyball is not just for the pros these days [3:15]; - How data is helping drive the specialisation of performance [6:13]; - The challenge of bring sports tech to new leagues [10:17]; - Some of the surprises in sports tech that Walker has encountered on his journey with the Sports Innovation Lab [15:23]. Regardless of whether you’re a coach just trying to track and train your athletes or a performance director leading multiple staff and juggling a variety of data sources, Kinduct’s athlete intelligence and management systems will help you better understand your athletes to drive improved performance. Kinduct’s broad range of tools allows you to consolidate various athlete data sources, analyze that information for actionable insights, collaborate on programming across multiple departments or locations, and deliver that plan through a variety of athlete-facing engagement solutions. Find out what hundreds of elite sport organizations already know and let Kinduct help provide you with the right information, with the right tools, at the right time, to help inform your decisions. For more information, check out kinduct.com.