Learning Hub

Learn to coach with data.

Guides and tutorials from the basics of recovery to season-long workflows. Structured from beginner to advanced, so you always know where to start.

Basics

Beginner

What the numbers mean and how to read them. Start here if you are new to wearable data.

Beginner5 min read

What recovery actually measures

How a recovery score is built from HRV, resting heart rate, and sleep, and what it tells you.

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Beginner5 min read

Reading HRV without the jargon

Heart rate variability in plain language, and why a single day rarely tells the whole story.

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Beginner6 min read

Sleep and strain, and how they connect

Why sleep debt shows up in performance days later, and how strain builds across a week.

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Beginner5 min read

The readiness color system

What Protect, Monitor and Ready mean, and how the thresholds are set.

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Coaching with data

Intermediate

Turn the dashboard into decisions: build a roster, read readiness, and act on alerts.

Intermediate6 min read

Building and organizing your roster

Set up your team, group athletes, and keep the board clean as your squad grows.

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Intermediate7 min read

Acting on a smart alert

What to do when an athlete is flagged, and how to adjust load before it becomes an injury.

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Advanced

Advanced

Get the most out of Vector Connect: custom thresholds, Coachy, and deep analytics.

Advanced7 min read

Tuning custom alert thresholds

Set Protect and Monitor zones per metric so alerts fit your athletes, not a generic default.

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Advanced6 min read

Getting better answers from Coachy

How to ask Coachy about your athletes and read the data it draws on.

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Best practices

All levels

Proven workflows for the season: weekly routines, return to play, and managing load.

All levels6 min read

A weekly readiness workflow

A simple Monday-to-Saturday routine for checking and acting on your team's data.

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All levels7 min read

Managing load across a season

Balance training stress and recovery from preseason through the final stretch.

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