{"id":5558,"date":"2025-06-03T07:07:19","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T07:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/help.force8.coach\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=5558"},"modified":"2026-01-06T09:27:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T09:27:34","slug":"load-monitoring","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/help.force8.coach\/en\/knowledge-base\/load-monitoring\/","title":{"rendered":"Load Monitoring"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-ht-blocks-messages wp-block-hb-message wp-block-hb-message--withicon is-style-info\">This dashboard is only displayed if your club has activated the \u201c<strong>Training Module<\/strong>\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Under \u201c<strong>Settings<\/strong>\u201d on the left, select one or more athletes you want to analyze, as well as the desired time period.<\/p>\n<h4 id=\"dashboard\">Dashboard<\/h4>\n<p>Under \u201c<strong>Weekly Foster Load<\/strong>\u201d you will find a weekly overview of the reported Foster Load of your athletes. The graph shows the total Foster Load for each week.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"255\" src=\"https:\/\/help.force8.coach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1d-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/help.force8.coach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1d-1.png 768w, https:\/\/help.force8.coach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1d-1-300x100.png 300w, https:\/\/help.force8.coach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1d-1-50x17.png 50w, https:\/\/help.force8.coach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1d-1-60x20.png 60w, https:\/\/help.force8.coach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1d-1-100x33.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>Further down, under \u201c<strong>Health Metrics and Symptoms<\/strong>\u201d, you can see the daily values of your athletes. The graph shows how the reported motivation, mood and sleep quality have changed over the course of the week. The reported injuries, pain and illnesses are also visible. The weekly totals of all values are displayed.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/help.force8.coach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Bild1-3-1024x422.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6704\" srcset=\"https:\/\/help.force8.coach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Bild1-3-1024x422.png 1024w, https:\/\/help.force8.coach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Bild1-3-300x124.png 300w, https:\/\/help.force8.coach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Bild1-3-768x317.png 768w, https:\/\/help.force8.coach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Bild1-3-50x21.png 50w, https:\/\/help.force8.coach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Bild1-3-60x25.png 60w, https:\/\/help.force8.coach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Bild1-3-100x41.png 100w, https:\/\/help.force8.coach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Bild1-3.png 1242w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-ht-blocks-messages wp-block-hb-message wp-block-hb-message--withicon\">If you move the \u201c<strong>Over View<\/strong>\u201d slider to the side, you will only see the individual key figures for all selected athletes.<\/p>\n\n\n<h4 id=\"load-monitoring\">Load Monitoring<\/h4>\n<p>Under \u201c<strong>Foster Load<\/strong>\u201d you can see every single reported Foster Load of your athletes. If you move your mouse over a bar in the graph, you will see the day and the exact Foster Load.<\/p>\n<p>Further down, the graphs \u201c<strong>Health Metrics<\/strong>\u201d and \u201c<strong>Pain, Sickness and Injury<\/strong>\u201d show the change in these daily values. You can zoom in and out of the graph to display only certain days, for example.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"985\" height=\"546\" src=\"https:\/\/help.force8.coach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Bild2-5.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/help.force8.coach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Bild2-5.png 985w, https:\/\/help.force8.coach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Bild2-5-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/help.force8.coach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Bild2-5-768x426.png 768w, https:\/\/help.force8.coach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Bild2-5-50x28.png 50w, https:\/\/help.force8.coach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Bild2-5-60x33.png 60w, https:\/\/help.force8.coach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Bild2-5-100x55.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 985px) 100vw, 985px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>With the \u201c<strong>Effective values<\/strong>\u201d slider, you can display the effective values of the individual daily values.<\/p>\n<h4 id=\"atl-ctl\">ATL CTL<\/h4>\n<p>This graph shows you the three parameters ATL (Acute Training Load), CTL (Chronic Training Load) and TSB (Training Stress Balance). These parameters help you to monitor and adjust your training load, recovery and fitness level. You can zoom in and out of the graph and display the exact values by moving the mouse over them.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"209\" src=\"https:\/\/help.force8.coach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/4d-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5568\" srcset=\"https:\/\/help.force8.coach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/4d-1.png 768w, https:\/\/help.force8.coach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/4d-1-300x82.png 300w, https:\/\/help.force8.coach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/4d-1-50x14.png 50w, https:\/\/help.force8.coach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/4d-1-60x16.png 60w, https:\/\/help.force8.coach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/4d-1-100x27.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>In addition, the \u201c<strong>Acute to Chronic Workload Ratio (ACWR)<\/strong>\u201d is displayed. Further down, you have the option of viewing explanations of all these values.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"979\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/help.force8.coach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Bild3-5.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6710\" srcset=\"https:\/\/help.force8.coach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Bild3-5.png 979w, https:\/\/help.force8.coach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Bild3-5-300x69.png 300w, https:\/\/help.force8.coach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Bild3-5-768x177.png 768w, https:\/\/help.force8.coach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Bild3-5-50x11.png 50w, https:\/\/help.force8.coach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Bild3-5-60x14.png 60w, https:\/\/help.force8.coach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Bild3-5-100x23.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 979px) 100vw, 979px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<h4>Planning<\/h4>\n<p>Here you can see the calendar of the selected athlete in daily, weekly, or monthly view. If the athlete is scheduled in several clubs or federations, the respective dates are displayed in different colors.<\/p>\n<p>With the \u201c<strong>Planning Overview next 31 days<\/strong>\u201d slider, you can specify whether you want to see future planning (slider turned on) or past planning (slider turned off).<\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Under \u201cSettings\u201d on the left, select one or more athletes you want to analyze, as well as the desired time period. Dashboard Under \u201cWeekly Foster Load\u201d you will find a weekly overview of the reported Foster Load of your athletes. The graph shows the total Foster Load for each week&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[174],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-5558","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-analyses"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.force8.coach\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/5558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.force8.coach\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.force8.coach\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.force8.coach\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.force8.coach\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5558"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/help.force8.coach\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/5558\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6713,"href":"https:\/\/help.force8.coach\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/5558\/revisions\/6713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.force8.coach\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.force8.coach\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=5558"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.force8.coach\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=5558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}