While technology is now the cornerstone of Coach Osias’s process, it wasn’t always fully integrated into his practice. While he experimented with biofeedback-adjacent tools, like the Exer-Genie, in the early days of True Speed Training, he primarily relied on manual tools and traditional timing gates.

That changed when his oldest son suffered an ACL/LCL meniscus tear about five and a half years ago.

The tear was one of a handful sports-related injuries his son experienced, including a twice-broken ankle. Watching his son continually re-injure himself was painful. Even more painful was the fact that traditional physical therapy programs kept returning his son to the field under-rehabbed and vulnerable to further injury.

“I was at my wits end,” Coach Osias said. He contacted several specialists and he went “down the rabbit hole” trying to understand why injuries happen – and learning how to prevent them by using data, technology and biohacking.

Neuromuscular Therapy Solution Inspires a New Approach

Coach Osias eventually came across a neuromuscular therapy machine that uses electrical stimulation to activate muscles and hasten recovery. His son used the machine – and he recovered in a brief seven months, instead of the forecasted 18 months.

The efficacy of the technology was something Coach Osias said he “couldn’t unsee.” It changed his outlook on the relationship between injury prevention and performance and transformed his approach to coaching. In the years since his son’s injury, Coach Osias has invested heavily in technology, uses quantitative data to drive decisions, and encourages his clients to tap into the brain/body connection, instead of pushing through pain and injuries.

“It’s tough for kids,” he said. “There’s someone sitting on the bench trying to take your spot, so you’re trying to prove yourself. My goal is to keep [athletes] from feeling they have to hide injuries. We have a means of addressing injuries appropriately, so [athletes] don’t have to hide their pain and still perform at their best,” he said.

Kinvent’s Biofeedback Devices Complete the Puzzle

Biofeedback devices have been an important part of Coach Osias’s new tech-forward approach to training and rehab. But the tools he used to rely on fell short of his expectations. Until about a year and a half ago, he used force plates from a popular brand but thought the “software and usability weren’t great.”

In early 2025, he started looking for alternative solutions and was introduced to Kinvent by a colleague. Initially, he was won over by Kinvent’s customer service. After demoing the devices, he was impressed by how user-friendly and comprehensive the ecosystem is – so impressed that the purchased nearly the entire suite of sensors at once.

“The combination of the software and efficacy that Kinvent brings is huge for me,” he said. “The software is so much easier to use. And being able to collect the data, give the clients feedback right after a session, print out a PDF or email it to them… everything is just so much easier and cleaner. Kinvent is the full package.”

With Kinvent, Coach Osias no longer needs to guess whether an athlete is ready to push their body, needs to back off, or is compensating in a way that could raise their risk of injury. Now, he can fine-tune training in real-time based on objective measurements that tell him exactly where an athlete is on a given day.

“Having the data just makes a huge difference to be able to program appropriately,” he said.

The data doesn’t just make Coach Osias more confident in his decisions – it also makes his athletes more confident in their abilities. When athletes are worried that something is “off,” Kinvent gives Coach Osias a way to show clients what is actually going on. Sometimes, that means confirming a deficit. Other times, it means proving to an athlete that they are strong and balanced and can have confidence in their body.

“The body doesn’t know the difference between thinking about something and experiencing it,” Coach Osias said. “Being able to show them, with empirical evidence, that their limbs are balanced makes a big difference.”

Quantifying performance and progress with Kinvent has helped Coach Osias strengthen his relationships with his clients and their families. He can show progress without speculation – and give athletes a better understanding of the connection between how a movement feels and how they are performing.

“Someone comes in and I can show them the data that they’ve improved,” he said. “And when you provide that data to the athletes or the athlete’s parents, it’s a gamechanger.”

Kinvent has also been a gamechanger for referrals to True Speed Training. When athletes return to their teams faster, more agile, and more confident, their teammates notice.

“Part of what happens every now and again, I end up with maybe 50% or 60% of a team. One person comes back and people go, ‘Oh, what happened?!’ And it just kind of trickles that way,” he said.

Coach Osias said Kinvent has “absolutely” helped him attract new business. But, more importantly, the ecosystem has helped him do the work that first sent him searching for answers: protecting athletes from overuse, reducing their risk of reinjury, and helping them reach their full athletic potential.