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Soma's overview feature provides a unified snapshot of session data, bringing together all related details of tasks into a single view for each session. This enables you to view the average metrics across the entire session, offering a comprehensive view of performance.
Tip: For more detailed insights, hover your mouse over the training session to access a comprehensive breakdown of cognitive and physiological data.
Overview
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With this tool, you can analyze average performance metricsâlike reaction time, speed, accuracy, and variations within sessions. Such analysis helps identify trends that might not be obvious when looking at the data for each task separately. For example, if an athlete's performance consistently improves across sessions, even with an increased sessional load, it might indicate that the challenge level of the training is too low, unless the goal is to maintain cognitive efficiency.
What is Sessional Load?
Sessional load is a key metric, calculated by multiplying the intensity of each task by its duration and averaging this across all tasks. It's essential for assessing the mental demand of a session. Typically, a sessional load score between 15-30 is considered ideal. However, for longer and more intense sessions, this score can exceed 30. The session summary is crucial for keeping track of sessional load and monitoring an athlete's progress over time.
Expect Variations in Training Data:
It's normal for data to fluctuate throughout a training cycle. Training involves highs and lowsâperiods of breakthroughs followed by times of consolidation. A well-designed training program will reflect these variations, with metrics that adjust to the increasing intensity and complexity of tasks. Fluctuating progress in sessional analysis, where metrics rise and fall as tasks become more challenging each week, indicates a program that pushes athletes while also allowing for necessary recovery and adaptation.
To summarize, seeing fluctuations in data from session to session is typical and expected. A linear improvement across multiple metrics may signal the need for program adjustments.
Feature | Description |
Soma's Overview Feature | Provides a consolidated view of session data, integrating all task-related details into one view for each session. |
Metrics Included | Reaction Time, Speed, Accuracy, Variation, RCS, BPM, rMSSD, SDNN, RPE, RME, RMF |
Purpose of Integrated Approach | Aids in conducting extensive analysis across crucial metrics for each session. |
Sessional Dose Calculation | Intensity of each task multiplied by its duration, averaged over the number of tasks to evaluate cognitive load. |
Typical Sessional Load Range | 15-30, with the possibility of exceeding 30 during longer, more intense sessions. |
Implications of Steady Improvements | Consistent improvement in performance with an increasing sessional load may suggest that the current training intensity is not challenging enough, unless the goal is to maintain cognitive efficiency. |
Adjusting Training Plans | If steady improvements are observed, it might indicate the need for more challenging elements in the training plan. |
Monitoring Performance | The session summary is a key tool for tracking sessional load and monitoring performance over time. |
Expectation of Progress | Progress isn't always linear; fluctuations are normal, but clear improvements should be evident upon retesting. |
To collect physiological data such as rMSSD, SDNN, and BPM, ensure your athlete is equipped with a Polar H10 heart rate strap and has it connected to Soma NPT.