Dr. Marcus Elliott, From Harvard Medical School to Entrepreneur in Applied Sports Science

Published: June 15, 2020, 2:34 a.m.

b"Dr. Elliott gives us incredible insights into the world of Applied Sports Science and how this is a potential game-changer for athlete training, injury prevention and using big data to create a winning formula.\\xa0 This is \\u201cMoneyball\\u201d with human movement data.\\xa0 Anyone who is involved in managing a team, club or professional league needs to hear this and pay close attention.\\n\\xa0\\nKey Highlights\\nHis start after graduating from Havard Medical School, building a career track which didn\\u2019t exist\\nHis days with the New England Patriots, how a doctor can win two Superbowl rings, by reducing injuries to the athletes\\nWaste of a world class education, over qualified personal trainer?\\nMLB, Seattle Mariners days, solving the next problem\\nSPORTS with the highest skill component has the most slack in athletes physical development compared to other Olympic sports\\nApplied Sports Science \\u2013 the new era of athlete development \\u2013 the \\u201capplied\\u201d part is the key\\nThe study of the human response to sport (Physiology, Bio Mechanics, Psychology, skill acquisition)\\nMost valuable part is studying \\u201cathlete movements\\u201d \\u2013 how we move has profound consequences how we perform, which body parts wear out and how long a career will last\\nData capture thru motion images\\n60% of NBA athletes have gone thru the system \\u2013 very detailed view of the mechanical system of these athletes\\nCreate big data sets and correlation studies \\u2013 at the core, it\\u2019s high school physics applied over and over\\nJames Harden story \\u2013 he is basically an average player on most performance metrics but has superhuman breaking abilities (hidden performance metric)\\nLuka Doncic, Slovenian player making a big impact in the NBA because he has the same ability\\nIdentifying new secondary metrics and building up granular data which can have huge impact on performances\\nData shows how injuries are related to the player's movement, thru algorithm\\nNBA program with his company, testing all new players coming into the League\\nData protection, fine line and sensitive area\\nHis favorite thing is to work with young talented athletes and guide them through a long career\\nHow to find the next Michael Phelps, Usain Bolt or the next elite NBA defender\\nLearning from each athlete and his metrics\\nOlympic sports, ie. swimming is harder to create bigger impact from the data (working at 98% already)\\nEasier in skill dependant sport to have a big impact (many athletes work below 85%)\\nFootball/Soccer is well behind American sports in athlete optimization\\nCritical movements in football happen in a fraction of a second which create the game-winning move, that can be measured and trained\\nManchester United story \\u2013 Mr. Mourinho \\xa0\\nMassive opportunity to make improvements to athlete movement optimization\\nGerman National Team \\u2013 great executers, innovators but a little conservative\\nHow does the learning from the top athletes can impact the average weekend warrior\\nIt should be all about prevention of injuries and before body parts wear out \\xa0\\nHow to take the knowledge to another level for the masses \\u2013 data collection\\nAthlete coming out after the Covid break \\u2013 his thoughts on players out coming and going straight into Play-off season\\nConnect with him on LinkedIn or get in touch with me\\n\\xa0\\nAbout\\nDr. Marcus Elliott is a Harvard trained physician who has innovated the use of technology, data, and applied sports science in the care of professional athletes. As Founder of P3, Dr. Elliott has served as sports science director for many of the leading organizations in professional sport. In each case the objective has been to take the guesswork out of athlete development and to find the most actionable data for creating competitive advantages in performance and injury prevention for these teams.Dr. Elliott has served as the first director of sports science in the NFL (2000) and MLB (2008), and has led out the NBA's data-driven approach to caring for their athletes. Additionally, over the past 12 years P3 has compiled the most comprehensive database of"