diff --git a/random/keras_utils.py b/random/keras_utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9ae6a62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/random/keras_utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# %%
+import os
+
+os.environ["KERAS_BACKEND"] = "torch"
+
+# %%
+import keras
+
+# %%
+pbar = keras.utils.Progbar(target=10)
+
+for i in range(10):
+    pbar.update(current=i + 1, values=[("loss", i + 1)])
+
+pbar._values
+
+# %%
diff --git a/solutions/sports/numbers/resnet.py b/solutions/sports/numbers/resnet.py
index 9204528..4bccb05 100644
--- a/solutions/sports/numbers/resnet.py
+++ b/solutions/sports/numbers/resnet.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 from camp.utils.torch_utils import save_checkpoint
 from solutions.sports.numbers.resnet_pipeline import collate_fn
 from solutions.sports.numbers.resnet_pipeline import transforms
+from solutions.sports.numbers.resnet_pipeline import validation_loop
 
 # %matplotlib inline
 # %config InlineBackend.figure_formats = ['retina']
@@ -33,6 +34,8 @@
 
 # %%
 OVERFITTING_TEST = False
+VALIDATION_SPLIT = False
+VALIDATION_SPLIT_TEST = False
 
 DATASET_PATH = "s3://datasets/soccernet_legibility"
 CHECKPOINT_PATH = "s3://models/soccernet_legibility/resnet_50"
@@ -43,6 +46,12 @@
 if OVERFITTING_TEST:
     CHECKPOINT_PATH = "s3://models/soccernet_legibility/resnet_50_test"
 
+if VALIDATION_SPLIT:
+    CHECKPOINT_PATH = "s3://models/soccernet_legibility/resnet_50_val"
+
+if VALIDATION_SPLIT_TEST:
+    CHECKPOINT_PATH = "s3://models/soccernet_legibility/resnet_50_val_test"
+
 # %%
 device = torch.device("cuda" if torch.cuda.is_available() else "cpu")
 print("Running on CPU.") if device.type == "cpu" else print("Running on GPU.")
@@ -64,11 +73,24 @@
     transforms=transforms,
 )
 
+if hasattr(os, "register_at_fork") and hasattr(fsspec, "asyn"):
+    os.register_at_fork(after_in_child=fsspec.asyn.reset_lock)
+
 if OVERFITTING_TEST:
     train_dataset = Subset(train_dataset, indices=[0])
 
-if hasattr(os, "register_at_fork") and hasattr(fsspec, "asyn"):
-    os.register_at_fork(after_in_child=fsspec.asyn.reset_lock)
+if VALIDATION_SPLIT_TEST:
+    train_dataset = Subset(train_dataset, indices=list(range(100)))
+
+n_images = len(train_dataset)
+
+if VALIDATION_SPLIT:
+    split_point = int(0.8 * n_images)
+    train_idx = list(range(split_point))
+    val_idx = list(range(split_point, n_images))
+
+    val_dataset = Subset(train_dataset, indices=val_idx)
+    train_dataset = Subset(train_dataset, indices=train_idx)
 
 # %%
 if is_notebook():
@@ -99,6 +121,10 @@
     n_epochs = 10
     save_epochs = 10
 
+if VALIDATION_SPLIT_TEST:
+    n_epochs = 5
+    save_epochs = 5
+
 # %%
 train_dataloader = DataLoader(
     train_dataset,
@@ -109,6 +135,15 @@
     persistent_workers=True,
 )
 
+if VALIDATION_SPLIT:
+    val_dataloader = DataLoader(
+        val_dataset,
+        batch_size,
+        num_workers=DATALOADER_WORKERS,
+        collate_fn=collate_fn,
+        persistent_workers=True,
+    )
+
 # %%
 params = [p for p in resnet.parameters() if p.requires_grad]
 optimizer = optim.AdamW(params, lr=0.001, weight_decay=0.0001)
@@ -156,6 +191,9 @@
             storage_options=storage_options,
         )
 
+    if VALIDATION_SPLIT:
+        metrics_dict = validation_loop(resnet, val_dataloader, device)
+
     epoch += 1
 
 # %%
diff --git a/solutions/sports/numbers/resnet_pipeline.py b/solutions/sports/numbers/resnet_pipeline.py
index 1a4ebb9..516f830 100644
--- a/solutions/sports/numbers/resnet_pipeline.py
+++ b/solutions/sports/numbers/resnet_pipeline.py
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
+import keras
 import torch
+import torch.nn as nn
+import torch.nn.functional as F
 import torchvision.transforms.v2.functional as tvf
+from torch.utils.data import DataLoader
+from torchmetrics import AUROC
+from torchmetrics import Accuracy
+from torchmetrics import F1Score
+from torchmetrics import MetricCollection
+from torchmetrics import Precision
+from torchmetrics import Recall
 
 
 def transforms(image, target):
@@ -19,3 +29,57 @@ def transforms(image, target):
 
 def collate_fn(batch):
     return tuple(zip(*batch))
+
+
+def validation_loop(
+    resnet: nn.Module,
+    val_dataloader: DataLoader,
+    device: torch.device,
+):
+    criterion = nn.BCEWithLogitsLoss()
+
+    metrics = MetricCollection(
+        [
+            Accuracy(task="binary"),
+            Precision(task="binary"),
+            Recall(task="binary"),
+            F1Score(task="binary"),
+            AUROC(task="binary"),
+        ]
+    )
+
+    resnet.eval()
+
+    steps = 1
+    pbar = keras.utils.Progbar(len(val_dataloader))
+
+    with torch.no_grad():
+        for images, targets in val_dataloader:
+            images = torch.stack(images, dim=0).to(device)
+
+            targets = torch.stack(targets, dim=0)
+            targets_hot = F.one_hot(targets)
+            targets_hot = targets_hot.to(device, dtype=torch.float32)
+            targets = targets.to(device, dtype=torch.float32)
+
+            outputs = resnet(images)
+            predictions = torch.argmax(outputs, dim=1)
+            loss = criterion(outputs, targets_hot)
+
+            metrics_dict = metrics.forward(predictions, targets)
+
+            pbar.update(
+                current=steps,
+                values=[("loss", loss.item()), *list(metrics_dict.items())],
+            )
+
+            steps += 1
+
+    resnet.train()
+
+    means = {}
+    for k, v in pbar._values.items():
+        acc = v[0].item() if torch.is_tensor(v[0]) else v[0]
+        means[k] = acc / max(1, v[1])
+
+    return means