page_title: Force platform
section_title: Use In Sport
hierarchical_section_title: Force platform / Use In Sport
caption_attribution_description: English: Hawkin Dynamics force plates in sport
context_page_description: Force platforms or force plates are measuring instruments that measure the ground reaction forces generated by a body standing on or moving across them, to quantify balance, gait and other parameters of biomechanics. Most common areas of application are medicine and sports.
context_section_description: Force plates are commonly used in sport to access an athlete's force producing capabilities. A practitioner can use a force plate to assess training needs, readiness to train, and also during the return to play process. 
  Typical force plate assessments in sport include the countermovement jump (CMJ), squat jump (SJ), drop jump (DJ), countermovement rebound jump, and isometric mid thigh pull (IMTP). 
  Practitioners often have trouble understanding which metrics to track when using force plates. A leading biomechanist out of the University of Chichester has created a system for easily selecting force plate metrics. This system is called the 'ODSF System' by Dr. Jason Lake.
caption: Hawkin Dynamics force plates in sport
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