What does sports science look like when you're supporting everyone from soccer players and skateboarders to surfers, snowboarders and wingsuit athletes?

In this episode of VALDCAST, Jordan Troester, Director of Performance at the Red Bull Athlete Performance Center, shares how one of the world's most unique high-performance environments approaches athlete support across an incredibly diverse range of sports. From profiling and monitoring to multidisciplinary collaboration and leadership, Jordan explains how practitioners can use data, systems and communication to make better decisions in complex performance settings. 

The conversation explores:

• Why "using better information to make better decisions" is the foundation of sports science
• Building high-performance teams through clarity, communication and collaboration
• How Red Bull profiles athletes across vastly different sports and performance demands
• Balancing athlete monitoring with meaningful action
• Creating systems that support decision-making without replacing practitioner expertise
• Why athlete relationships remain the ultimate performance advantage
• The opportunities and challenges AI presents for performance practitioners

For sport scientists, performance managers and practitioners responsible for collecting, interpreting and communicating athlete data, this episode provides a thoughtful look at how systems, relationships and context come together to drive better performance outcomes.