Guides
Reading VALD data: practitioner guides
How to interpret what ForceDecks, NordBord, ForceFrame and the rest actually tell you — written for the sports scientist or physio doing the reading, not for the sales page.
ForceDecks · 9 min read
How to read a ForceDecks report: every metric, what a good number looks like, and when to worry
The dozen CMJ metrics that matter, what they mean, and how to read them against the athlete's own history rather than a generic norm.
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NordBord · 7 min read
NordBord results explained: max force, N/kg, imbalance % and what counts as a red flag
Three numbers matter on a NordBord report. Here is what each one means, the thresholds people actually use, and the trap of reading imbalance without absolute force.
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ForceDecks · 6 min read
DSI quadrants explained: what to programme when an athlete lands in each quadrant
DSI is one number built from two tests. The quadrant report is where it becomes a programming decision — here is how to read it.
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ForceDecks · 8 min read
Building an athlete readiness score from CMJ data: z-scores, smallest worthwhile change and traffic lights
Most readiness scores are either a single metric dressed up or a black box nobody trusts. This is the transparent middle: four metrics, one baseline per athlete, one rule.
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All VALD platforms · 9 min read
After the export: combining ForceDecks, NordBord and ForceFrame data into one athlete sheet
VALD tells you how to click Export. This is what to do next: the one data shape that makes every VALD device sit in the same athlete row, and the five joins that go wrong.
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ForceDecks · 8 min read
An ACL return-to-sport force plate battery: the tests and thresholds physios actually use
Limb symmetry index is necessary and not sufficient. A four-test battery, the thresholds most clinicians use, and the strategy metrics that show an athlete compensating at 90% LSI.
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