Building an athlete profile that actually gets used

The coaches who get the most out of TrackStat all do the same thing: they set the athlete profile up properly before the data starts flowing. A little structure on day one turns scattered sessions into a season-long story.

Start with the basics

Capture the physical data that everything else hangs off:

• Height, weight and leg length — leg length in particular feeds the wicket spacing calculator, so measure it properly rather than estimating it.
• Specialisation and events — so you’re always comparing like with like.
• A clear, consistent name and squad — future-you will thank present-you when the roster grows.

Be consistent with how you film

The value of a profile is the trend, and trends only work if your inputs are comparable. Film the same way each time — same angle, same frame rate, same zone of the track. (Our filming guide covers the setup; after one session it’s habit.)

Log little and often

You don’t need to capture everything at once. A profile becomes valuable through regular, small additions:

1. A clean video analysis every week or two.
2. Testing results whenever you run them — whatever you test, logged against the same athlete each time.
3. Competition results as the season unfolds.

The best profile isn’t the most detailed one — it’s the one you actually keep up to date.

What you get back

Once a few weeks of data are in, the picture assembles itself: season progression, personal bests, and the direction an athlete is trending. When you change something in training, you can see whether it shows up in the numbers — that’s the difference between remembering how someone’s going and knowing it.

Lite covers up to 20 athlete profiles with full video analysis — enough to give every athlete in your squad their own data trail from day one.