Kitman Labs

Following high-profile Champions League injuries, Kitman Labs Founder and CEO Stephen Smith joins Andy Jacobs on talkSPORT’s Hawksbee & Jacobs to discuss ACL injuries, player fatigue, fixture congestion, and return to play. Drawing on lessons from the NFL, Stephen explains why a single club rarely sees enough serious injuries to ...

In February 2026, NHL players returned to the Winter Olympics for the first time since the 2014 Sochi Games. They did not take part in 2018 or 2022. A mid-season break for a major tournament raises the same questions every time: what does it do to the rest of the schedule, and what does it ask of players who are already heavily us...

Football academy software should do more than help coaches plan sessions. It should connect the development model an academy sets with what coaches deliver, what players experience, and what staff can see and act on.

An academy can have a clear development model on paper. The harder part is delivering it consistently across...

Defining a coaching curriculum is one thing. Knowing whether it is being delivered consistently across every squad is another.

Across a season, coaches plan and deliver hundreds of sessions against technical, tactical, and physical priorities. Each session contributes to what athletes are learning and experiencing over time...