About
VALD Performance is a human performance technology company that equips sports science and performance professionals with objective measurement tools to accurately assess and develop athletes. Its suite of hardware devices captures granular biomechanical data — including strength, power, rate of force development, range of motion, movement quality, speed, and balance — removing guesswork from performance evaluation and injury rehabilitation decisions. All VALD systems are unified through VALD Hub, a centralized administration, analysis, and reporting platform where practitioners can view, compare, and act on data from a single login. The platform also features Norms, an integrated normative database built from millions of data points, enabling practitioners to benchmark individual athletes against age-, gender-, and sport-specific reference populations. VALD technology supports a broad range of use cases including athlete profiling, ongoing performance monitoring, return-to-play protocols, and talent identification. It is trusted by more than 8,000 organizations — including the majority of Major League franchises, Power 5 NCAA colleges, all 20 Premier League teams, and numerous national defense departments — spanning 130+ countries with over 140,000 users monitoring 2 million+ athletes. VALD is ideal for high-performance sports teams, university athletic programs, rehabilitation clinics, and any organization that needs reliable, data-driven insight into human physical performance.
Key Features
- Objective Measurement Technology: Precisely measures strength, power, rate of force development, range of motion, movement quality, speed, and balance to eliminate guesswork in athlete assessment.
- VALD Hub — Centralized Data Platform: All VALD device data flows into a single web-based platform for unified administration, analysis, and reporting with one login.
- Integrated Normative Data (Norms): Benchmarks athlete results against a pool of millions of data points filtered by age, gender, and sport to provide meaningful context for every measurement.
- Multi-Sport & Multi-Organization Support: Supports dozens of court, field, track, team, and individual sports, as well as non-sport organizations like hospitals, universities, and defense departments.
- Return-to-Play & Rehabilitation Monitoring: Enables criteria-based rehabilitation progression using objective data, providing a personalized, data-informed roadmap for athlete recovery.
Use Cases
- Elite sports teams using objective force plate and dynamometry data to profile athlete strength and power baselines at the start of a season.
- University athletic departments benchmarking student-athlete performance against sport- and age-specific norms to identify talent and guide training priorities.
- Rehabilitation clinicians monitoring an injured athlete's return-to-play progression using criteria-based, data-driven milestones to ensure safe return.
- Defense and emergency services organizations assessing physical readiness and monitoring personnel fitness over time with standardized measurement protocols.
- Strength and conditioning coaches tracking asymmetry and rate of force development across a full squad to personalize training loads and reduce injury risk.
Pros
- Trusted at the Highest Levels: Used by the majority of Major League franchises, all Premier League clubs, and 400+ UEFA member teams, demonstrating proven reliability in elite environments.
- Unified Ecosystem: All hardware and software products integrate seamlessly through VALD Hub, eliminating data silos and reducing administrative overhead.
- Massive Normative Database: Benchmarking against millions of data points gives practitioners immediate, meaningful context for every athlete result without needing external references.
- Broad Applicability: Scales from youth leagues and university programs to elite professional sports and military organizations, making it versatile across performance contexts.
Cons
- Enterprise Pricing: VALD is positioned as a premium enterprise solution; pricing is not publicly listed and may be cost-prohibitive for small clubs or individual practitioners.
- Hardware Dependency: The platform's full value is realized only when paired with VALD's proprietary hardware devices, requiring capital investment beyond software licensing.
- Steep Learning Curve: The breadth of measurement systems, metrics, and reporting options may require significant onboarding time for new practitioners unfamiliar with sports science data.
Frequently Asked Questions
What types of organizations use VALD Performance?
VALD is used by elite and amateur sports teams, major league franchises, NCAA colleges, Premier League clubs, national sporting organizations, universities, hospitals, rehabilitation clinics, performing arts groups, and defense departments across 130+ countries.
What does VALD Hub do?
VALD Hub is the centralized software platform that aggregates data from all VALD hardware devices. It provides administration, analysis, and reporting tools in a single login, so practitioners can view their entire team's performance data in one place.
What is the Norms feature?
Norms is an integrated normative data feature built from millions of data points. It automatically benchmarks an athlete's results against reference populations filtered by age, gender, and sport, helping practitioners answer whether a given result is good or below expectations.
What physical qualities can VALD technology measure?
VALD systems measure strength, power, rate of force development, range of motion, movement quality, speed, balance, and asymmetry, among other biomechanical and physical performance metrics.
Can VALD be used for injury rehabilitation?
Yes. VALD technology supports return-to-play protocols through criteria-based rehabilitation monitoring, providing objective data that guides safe, personalized recovery progressions and removes subjective guesswork from clinical decisions.
