In Part 1 of this series, we took a brief look at the differences between stopwatch and fully automated timing, detailing what each procedure entails, and why the resulting times can be far different.As a refresher:WHY do they yield different times? Simply put: — Hand timing: the coach presses the start button AFTER the athlete starts to run. Read more
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By Mike Weinstein // Founder/CEO, Zybek SportsThis is Part 1 of a two-part blog series detailing the differences between stopwatch and fully automated timing. In this post, we lay out the basic differences between the two methods. In Part 2, we show just how stark the difference is + a Zybek Sports study to determineRead more
In the sporting arena, one-percent performance gains determine whether elite competitors taste victory or defeat—and whether junior athletes make the team or face rejection. Supported by IBM, Zybek Sports is analyzing over 100,000 athletes a year, and delivering targeted action plans to help them help train smarter and get ahead of the competition. Business ChallengeRead more
Control Your Destiny as an Athlete… Don’t Put Your Future in Someone Else’s Hands. In talking with coaches, recruiters, and scouts a recurring theme keeps coming up – the most frustrating part of their job is receiving information on an athlete that is not correct or can’t be trusted. “Is he indeed 6 ft. 2Read more
By Michael Weinstein, mike@zybeksports.com Several thousand athletes compete for a few positions on college teams. The combine physical performance test scores are often used in the screening process to narrow the field of athletes. Achieving the absolute best numbers possible for an individual athlete is of paramount importance to the athlete’s recruitment success. After making theRead more
This past weekend The New Speed Combine Series invaded Columbus, Ohio and the Buckeye State certainly didn’t disappoint. Making the weekend even more special, Zybek achieved a special milestone by surpassing the 10,000 athletes tested mark at the event. Columbus was the 9th stop for the combine series, which is sponsored by heavy hitters AdidasRead more