The Five Pillars of Performance • KPI’s performance framework • Free access
Five Pillars of Performance
The Five Pillars of Performance is KPI’s integrated development framework for building stronger, more resilient, and more effective athletes.
Rather than treating performance as a collection of isolated interventions, the Five Pillars bring structure to the process. Each pillar plays a distinct role, but it’s their interaction that drives lasting results. From understanding how an athlete moves and produces force, to how they train, recover, fuel, and live day to day, every decision is informed, purposeful, and aligned.
This framework is used across professional sport, academies, and youth development environments to create clarity in a complex performance landscape. It allows coaches to individualise intelligently, athletes to understand their own development, and programmes to remain consistent without becoming generic.
Whether you’re an athlete looking to take control of your performance, a coach seeking structure, or an academy aiming to develop robust, adaptable players, the Five Pillars provide a clear, evidence-led pathway to long-term progress.
The Five Pillars of Performance is KPI’s integrated development framework for building stronger, more resilient, and more effective athletes.
Profiling is the foundation of effective performance development. It provides the insight required to understand how an athlete moves, produces force, and responds to load.
Training transforms insight into action. It is where profiling data becomes purposeful, structured performance development.
Recovery is where adaptation occurs. Without it, training stimulus cannot translate into performance gains.
Nutrition underpins performance, recovery, and long-term development. It fuels training output and supports adaptation over time.
Lifestyle is the pillar that connects all others. It shapes consistency, availability, and long-term performance outcomes.
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