Labeling your data logs

-- It's critical to label your heart rate data logs for future reference and meaningful comparisons.

Several ways to do this:

Add Activity Description: Right click on time/ date stamp of training log and select EDIT. Then in new window select an activity from your list or pre-programed ACTIVITIES (this will now appear beside Activity in Details 1 tab). Then in the box under this type in notes regarding the session (notes will now appear in details 2 tab).

{If you don't have any choices yet in the Activity drop-down window you can add them by closing out and Selecting coaches NAME ICON (top of list of athletes) and selecting SETTINGS tab (middle screen), click EDIT and in new window click ADD button and type in New Activities.}

-- Another way to label the data logs: right click on data log and select RENAME, and "tag" the time and date stamp with something relevant, "Game", "Practice", "Stadium Stairs" etc.

-- Still another way to add useful descriptive information to a log. Go to MARKS tab and select EDIT MARK and add a name to a data point in marks, such as Start Drills, Warm-up, Game Intensity etc.

Team POD Antenna Use, Abuse and Replacement

-- It is important to store the Team POD in the case with the antenna connected.

-- By taking the antenna off and putting it on repeatedly, over time it is possible to break down the good, clean connection and diminish the strength of the Team POD.

-- I do have a limited number of replacement antennas if there is a need but please take care and only remove the antenna when you must and then be careful when screwing it on again.

Team Manager 2.1.2

A couple things to remember in Team Manager 2.1.2

1) You will lose all belt assignments when you update to 2.1.2 because Team Monitor has changed to version 1.1.0

Solution: GO INTO ATHLETES/ EDIT (YOUR RE-CREATION OF YOUR MASTER LIST), SELECT AN ATHLETE, HIT EDIT AND INPUT THE ANT NUMBERS FOR YOUR ATHLETES. YOU MAY HAVE TO CLICK SMALL RED TRIANGLE AT FAR RIGHT TO OPEN THE VIEW (MANAGER ATHLETES)

2) You can now drag and drop athlete tiles in the Live Monitor view to arrange according to offense/ defense or any configuration you want

Know Your Athletes ~ Belt 'em up

...with Suunto Digital ANT (area network tiny) Technology (more than 65,000 unique frequencies)

No Cross Talk

No Interference Anywhere

= Meaningful Data and Analysis

Specifications of Suunto Team Monitor, for the uninitiated...

With Team Monitor You Have Reliable Heart Rate Data, No Boundaries:

➢ Live Hear Rate Data: % view or beats per minute, 6 programmable, color-coded training levels allows for meaningful monitoring of up to 42 Athletes, 100 Meter Range
➢ Post-analysis gives Lab-accurate data on 7 Physiological Parameters:
o Heart Rate
o EPOC (Excess Post-exercise Oxygen Consumption, ml/kg)
o EPOC based Training Effect (1-5 scale describing the aerobic load of the training session)
o Respiration Rate (breaths per minute)
o Respiration Volume (liters/minute)
o Oxygen Consumption (VO2, ml/kg/min.)
o Energy Expenditure (kcal)
➢ Calculations based on beat-to-beat analysis and Heart Rate Variability
➢ Currently utilized by teams in the NBA, MLB, NHL, NCAA and National Teams
➢ Physiological analysis specific to your athletes personal profile
➢ Flexible software and analysis tools, programmable training levels (beats per minute or % of maximum heart rate)
➢ PC Requirements: IBM Compatible PC (or new Pentium MAC), Min. 500 MHz Processor, 64 MB memory, 160MB free hard drive capacity, Windows 2000 – Windows XP

Welcome to Suunto Team Blog - Learn, Teach, Share on Heart Rate

It is my hope that this forum will be successful in disseminating useful information like updates, issues, analyses of data, interesting findings and generally meaningful dialogue between the more than 50 Suunto Team Monitor users representing elite professional and college teams throughout the U.S. More than that I want to be able to aid your implementation of our supreme supreme heart rate monitoring systems and Team Manger software easily and effectively.