Recovery dashboards often compress sleep, workload and self-reported wellbeing into one score. The simplicity is attractive, but it can hide the uncertainty and trade-offs inside the calculation. Two athletes with the same score may need very different conversations.
A better system preserves the underlying signals and highlights meaningful changes from an individual's baseline. It should help staff notice a pattern, then make room for context: travel, stress, soreness and the demands of the next session.
Athlete consent is equally important. Health-adjacent data is sensitive, and teams should define retention, access and purpose before collecting it. Technology can strengthen recovery planning, but only when the athlete remains a participant in the process rather than a source of data.