About this Event
Join us for a one-day Practitioners Summit focused on Individualizing Performance.
Bringing together clinicians, strength and conditioning coaches and applied sport science practitioners, this event will explore how objective testing can help practitioners better understand individual athlete profiles and translate data into more targeted training and performance decisions.
Designed for physical therapists, athletic trainers, strength & conditioning coaches, sport scientists and performance practitioners, the summit will cover practical applications across testing, athlete profiling, training prescription and performance monitoring.
Event Details
Date: Saturday, December 12, 2026
Location: 360 Patriot Place, Foxborough, MA
Theme: Practitioners Summit: Individualizing Performance
Featured Speakers & Presentations
Mary Kate Feit, PhD, CSCS, SCCC and Cooper Lorenz, CSCS
Presentation: Implementing Objective Technology in the Division III Setting
Lee Margolis, PhD, FACSM
Presentation: Under-Fueled, Under-Powered: Impact of Energy Availability on Lower-Body Power
Mark Murphy, PT, DPT, SCS
Presentation: Integrating EUR and mRSI Profiling into Velocity-Based Training to Individualize RTP Loading Strategies
Diwesh Poudyal, BS, CSCS, USAW, C-PS
Presentation: Simplifying the Complexity within Force Plate Data to Maximize Athlete Development
This summit will provide an opportunity to learn from practitioners and researchers working across sport, performance and rehabilitation, with a focus on using objective data to better understand the individual and inform how training is prescribed, progressed and monitored.
Agenda
🕑: 08:00 AM - 09:00 AM
Arrival and Registration
🕑: 09:00 AM - 09:45 AM
Mary Kate Feit and Cooper Lorenz
Info: Implementing Objective Technology in the Division III Setting
🕑: 09:45 AM - 10:30 AM
Lee Margolis
Info: Under-Fueled, Under-Powered: Impact of Energy Availability on Lower-Body Power
🕑: 10:30 AM - 10:50 AM
Coffee Break
🕑: 10:50 AM - 11:35 AM
Diwesh Poudyal
Info: Simplifying the Complexity within Force Plate Data to Maximize Athlete Development
🕑: 11:35 AM - 12:20 PM
Cale Jacobs
Info: How Do You Know How Good You Are if You're Not Keeping Score?
🕑: 12:20 PM - 01:20 PM
Lunch
🕑: 01:20 PM - 01:45 PM
Product Demo's and Learning
Info: Test out any piece of equipment and learn about best practices and use-cases with the VALD team!
🕑: 01:45 AM - 02:45 PM
Mark Murphy
Info: Integrating Force Plates and VBT to Individualize Return to Play Loading Strategies
🕑: 03:15 PM - 04:45 PM
Social Hour
Event venue & nearby stays
360 Patriot Pl, 360 Patriot Place, Foxborough, United States
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