Can sports science be used to improve an athlete’s performance?
The Texans believe it can.
“We hired Erik Korem as a director of sports science,” head coach Bill O’Brien said Monday. “He’s a guy that works with the Catapult company. He was out there today. We’re trying to, again, do what’s best for our players, trying to maximize peak performance. That’s one way we can do it.”
Korem’s Catapult athlete monitoring program uses objective data to provide insight on how to enhance performance. Korem, who previously served in a similar role for the University of Kentucky, also worked as a speed development consultant with track and field athletes during the 2008 Olympics.