[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":145},["ShallowReactive",2],{"\u002Fstories\u002Fperfecting-performance":3},{"id":4,"type":5,"path":6,"published":7,"publishDate":8,"author":9,"taxonomy":10,"headerType":13,"image":14,"video":18,"title":20,"subtitle":21,"hideFromSearchEngines":11,"social":22,"bodyBlocks":26,"slug":130,"description":131,"metaDescription":132,"metaTitle":11,"relatedStories":133,"created":134,"changed":135,"breadcrumbs":136},"79707b17-3ae5-4be7-9ddf-031691f75c30","story","stories\u002Fperfecting-performance",true,"March 5, 2026","Jacob Carozza",{"name":11,"slug":12},null,"","image",{"url":15,"alt":16,"caption":17},"https:\u002F\u002Fediting.intcomm.osu.edu\u002Fsites\u002Fdefault\u002Ffiles\u002Fstyles\u002Fwidescreen\u002Fpublic\u002Fmedia\u002Fimage\u002F2026\u002F03\u002Fperformance1.jpg","Two men stand next do a machine that has a masked person laying on it.","Josh Hagen (right) and PhD student Bradley Robinson discuss data from the Sava machine as part of the Human Performance Collaborative. The Sava machine uses sound and vibration to relax athletes and aid in recovery. (Jodi Miller)",{"url":11,"transcript":19},{"text":11},"Perfecting performance","Ohio State programs are helping student-athletes compete at a championship level",{"title":23,"description":24,"imageUrl":25},"The Sports Science Behind Ohio State’s Ice Hockey Success","From wearables that track athlete readiness to futuristic recovery tools like the Ammortal Chamber and SAVA, Ohio State’s women’s ice hockey team uses data‑driven innovation to stay at the top of their game.","https:\u002F\u002Fediting.intcomm.osu.edu\u002Fsites\u002Fdefault\u002Ffiles\u002Finline-images\u002Fperformance_social.jpg",[27,34,40,46,52,58,64,78,84,90,96,102,111,118,124],{"blockName":28,"attrs":29,"innerBlocks":31,"innerHTML":32,"innerContent":33},"core\u002Fparagraph",{"uuid":30},"950a5a97",[],"\u003Cp class=\"bux-paragraph\">There are numerous reasons for the dominance of Ohio State’s women’s ice hockey team over the past few years. With four straight national championship appearances and multiple players participating in the ongoing \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fohiostatebuckeyes.com\u002Fnews\u002F2026\u002F2\u002F15\u002Fwomens-ice-hockey-eleven-buckeyes-to-play-for-olympic-medals\" class=\"bux-link\">Milano Cortina Winter Games\u003C\u002Fa>, the Buckeyes’ performance on the ice has been consistently elite.\u003C\u002Fp>",[32],{"blockName":28,"attrs":35,"innerBlocks":37,"innerHTML":38,"innerContent":39},{"uuid":36},"04290cc7",[],"\u003Cp class=\"bux-paragraph\">The hard work that produces that success continues off the ice, too. One major factor? Access to cutting-edge sports science technology and research at Ohio State.\u003C\u002Fp>",[38],{"blockName":28,"attrs":41,"innerBlocks":43,"innerHTML":44,"innerContent":45},{"uuid":42},"5c969c4e",[],"\u003Cp class=\"bux-paragraph\">Wearables that track heart rate, body temperature and sleep are generating the data needed to tailor training to each individual athlete, says Kevin Lennon, the team’s athletic trainer.\u003C\u002Fp>",[44],{"blockName":28,"attrs":47,"innerBlocks":49,"innerHTML":50,"innerContent":51},{"uuid":48},"2f473b69",[],"\u003Cp class=\"bux-paragraph\">“We know if you’re tired, we know if you still have more in the tank, and we can bring that together and provide not only the student-athlete with that information but the support staff and the coaching staff as well,” he says.\u003C\u002Fp>",[50],{"blockName":28,"attrs":53,"innerBlocks":55,"innerHTML":56,"innerContent":57},{"uuid":54},"1bcee402",[],"\u003Cp class=\"bux-paragraph\">That process has grown out of collaboration with \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fhpc.osu.edu\u002Fresearch\u002Fperformance-innovation-teams\" class=\"bux-link\">Ohio State’s Performance Innovation Teams (PITs)\u003C\u002Fa>. Launched in 2022, the PITs bring together the best of Buckeye sports science and research to meet the needs of student-athletes. The sports science field is booming with access to new data, but researchers and coaching staff often inhabit separate worlds. The PITs allow them to come together and share ideas, says \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fhpc.osu.edu\u002Fpeople\u002Fjosh-hagen\" class=\"bux-link\">Josh Hagen\u003C\u002Fa>, faculty director of the Human Performance Collaborative and a professor of integrated systems engineering.\u003C\u002Fp>",[56],{"blockName":28,"attrs":59,"innerBlocks":61,"innerHTML":62,"innerContent":63},{"uuid":60},"2ac34428",[],"\u003Cp class=\"bux-paragraph\">“Let’s do something cutting-edge and make sure it directly benefits athletes — and then let’s study how it’s benefiting them at the same time,” Hagen says.\u003C\u002Fp>",[62],{"blockName":65,"attrs":66,"innerBlocks":75,"innerHTML":76,"innerContent":77},"core\u002Fimage",{"id":67,"sizeSlug":68,"linkDestination":69,"mediaAttrs":70,"uuid":74},4439,"full","none",{"data-entity-type":71,"data-entity-uuid":72,"data-image-style":73},"file","087af259-1e30-43fa-aeb7-81c8dbd49fd8","original","4754d92a",[],"\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003Cimg src=\"\u002Fsites\u002Fdefault\u002Ffiles\u002Finline-images\u002Fperformance2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4439\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"087af259-1e30-43fa-aeb7-81c8dbd49fd8\" data-image-style=\"original\"\u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Ph.D. student and former athlete Bradley Robinson demonstrates the ammortal machine. The ammortal chamber uses multi-wavelength light therapy, vibroacoustic light therapy and multi-wave pulsed electric field (PEF) and pulsed electromagnetic field to restore store cells and aid in athlete mental and physical recovery. (Photo by Jodi Miller)\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>",[76],{"blockName":28,"attrs":79,"innerBlocks":81,"innerHTML":82,"innerContent":83},{"uuid":80},"b088c913",[],"\u003Cp class=\"bux-paragraph\">Innovative recovery technologies have been transformative for the women’s ice hockey team and for student-athletes across the university. The Ammortal Chamber, a $160,000 machine housed in the Schumaker Complex, offers several noninvasive recovery techniques, including light therapy and multi-wave technology, to help athletes enter a state of enhanced rejuvenation. The SAVA is a vibroacoustic therapy machine that allows athletes to lie down in a pod that combines vibrations with immersive music. The machine is brand new — Hagen learned of it from partners at the U.S. Soccer Federation. Together, these technologies give Buckeye coaches and staff a leg up in individualizing athletic training.\u003C\u002Fp>",[82],{"blockName":28,"attrs":85,"innerBlocks":87,"innerHTML":88,"innerContent":89},{"uuid":86},"af1d98f2",[],"\u003Cp class=\"bux-paragraph\">“What I try to do on the PIT side is make sure I’m arming them with the best information possible,” Hagen says.\u003C\u002Fp>",[88],{"blockName":28,"attrs":91,"innerBlocks":93,"innerHTML":94,"innerContent":95},{"uuid":92},"7bee0080",[],"\u003Cp class=\"bux-paragraph\">With the ongoing Olympics, the women’s ice hockey team is short a few players. Access to data from PIT technologies has made it easier to devise an appropriate practice schedule and ensure players aren’t overworked, Lennon says. Wearables can help coaches determine how an athlete’s body is responding to a higher training load, for example. Lennon believes that this kind of research-informed data collection provides a competitive edge.\u003C\u002Fp>",[94],{"blockName":28,"attrs":97,"innerBlocks":99,"innerHTML":100,"innerContent":101},{"uuid":98},"68f7f433",[],"\u003Cp class=\"bux-paragraph\">“Seeing the vastness of Ohio State, I do think it puts us in the outlier category sometimes — in a good way,” Lennon says.\u003C\u002Fp>",[100],{"blockName":65,"attrs":103,"innerBlocks":108,"innerHTML":109,"innerContent":110},{"id":104,"sizeSlug":68,"linkDestination":69,"mediaAttrs":105,"uuid":107},4441,{"data-entity-type":71,"data-entity-uuid":106,"data-image-style":73},"6b1debc0-0835-4980-8335-adc6f56d0af3","ff1586c5",[],"\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003Cimg src=\"\u002Fsites\u002Fdefault\u002Ffiles\u002Finline-images\u002Fperformance3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4441\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"6b1debc0-0835-4980-8335-adc6f56d0af3\" data-image-style=\"original\"\u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Mingwei Jen demonstrates the SAVA machine used to help athletes recover and relax. Sound and vibrations help the athlete relax and recover. (Photo by Jodi Miller)\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>",[109],{"blockName":112,"attrs":113,"innerBlocks":115,"innerHTML":116,"innerContent":117},"core\u002Fheading",{"uuid":114},"e210e21b",[],"\u003Ch2 class=\"bux-h2\">Learn more about other sports performance projects at Ohio State:\u003C\u002Fh2>",[116],{"blockName":28,"attrs":119,"innerBlocks":121,"innerHTML":122,"innerContent":123},{"uuid":120},"fc5c9bd1",[],"\u003Cp class=\"bux-paragraph\">\u003Cstrong>The Wexner Medical Center’s Motion Analysis and Performance Lab\u003C\u002Fstrong> uses state-of-the-art motion capture technology to aid athletes with a range of ailments and concerns. High-speed cameras capture split-second movements, while electromyography equipment pinpoints muscle activation. Hidden force plates embedded in the floor record the forces acting on each foot. The applications are broad: The lab can help with everything from preventing injuries caused by repetitive movement to fine-tuning jump-landing technique.\u003C\u002Fp>",[122],{"blockName":28,"attrs":125,"innerBlocks":127,"innerHTML":128,"innerContent":129},{"uuid":126},"c56e6e7a",[],"\u003Cp class=\"bux-paragraph\">\u003Cstrong>The Performing Arts Medicine Program\u003C\u002Fstrong> brings together doctors, surgeons, nutritionists, psychologists and other specialists to meet the medical and performance needs of dancers and performing artists at all levels. It is the primary medical provider for BalletMet Columbus and Ohio State’s Department of Dance and School of Music. Staff members also work with outside gymnasts, contemporary and competition dancers, and performers from genres including West African, liturgical and Irish dance. They also seek to treat pain and discomfort before they evolve into more serious injuries.\u003C\u002Fp>",[128],"perfecting-performance","Ohio State’s women’s ice hockey dominance is fueled by advanced sports science, including wearables, recovery technologies and research collaborations that individualize training, protect athlete health and give the Buckeyes a competitive edge on and off the ice.","Discover how Ohio State’s women’s ice hockey team leverages cutting‑edge sports science — from wearables to innovative recovery tech and research collaborations — to enhance performance, prevent fatigue and maintain championship‑level success.",[],"2026-03-05T20:46:22+00:00","2026-03-17T14:41:35+00:00",[137,140,143],{"title":138,"path":139},"Home","\u002F",{"title":141,"path":142},"Stories","\u002Fstories",{"title":20,"path":144},"\u002Fstories\u002Fperfecting-performance",1791484153599]