How to Measure Internal Load in Strength & Conditioning?
How do you measure a training session? By the hours you put in? Maybe the distances racked up? Or asking an athlete for verbal feedback? These are useful guides, but…
Sports Coaching
Blog
What is TRIMP? How Sports Teams Use It to Optimize Training
TRIMP (Training Impulse) is a powerful metric that helps sports teams quantify training load using heart rate data, enabling coaches to optimize performance, manage injury risk, and ensure athletes are game-ready….
Beyond Team Heart Rate Monitoring: Train Smarter with Firstbeat
In today’s competitive sports landscape, simply tracking heart rate isn’t enough. Coaches need deeper insights to optimize training, manage injury risk, and maximize performance. Firstbeat Sports takes team heart rate…
What Features to Look for in Physiological Monitoring Tools?
Selecting the right physiological monitoring tool can significantly impact how athletes train, recover, and perform. An effective system goes beyond basic data tracking, offering insights that empower teams to make…
The Need for Off-Season Non-Specific Conditioning
In this article, guest writer and Firstbeat client Konstantinos Stratakis discusses the role of off-season conditioning in team sports, including balancing sports-specific and non-specific conditioning like HIIT. He also explores…
Konstantinos StratakisPerformance and Sports Scientist
Introducing the New Team Training Session Report
The Team Training Session Report is an interactive web-based report that utilizes historical data to contextualize the numbers of the current session, making them easier to understand and saving coaches…
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User Stories
How Blue Devils Weiden Optimize Training with Firstbeat Sports
Simon Heidenreich is the strength and conditioning coach at Blue Devils Weiden, a professional ice hockey team competing in Germany’s DEL 2 league. In this article, Simon talks about how…
Balancing Performance and Recovery in Mexico’s Top Basketball League
Arnau Pina is the Strength and Conditioning Coach at Halcones de Xalapa, a basketball team competing in the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional, Mexico’s top professional basketball league. In this…
Removing the Guesswork from Women’s Basketball Coaching with Firstbeat
It takes up a little bit more of my time, but I’d rather not guess. You can see when people are tired but if you’re a good strength coach, you want to figure out why. Firstbeat gives you enough information to figure out why someone is tired or why someone is not tired.
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Webinars
Bridging the Gap: Supporting Youth-to-First Team Transition with Internal Load Monitoring
Wednesday 14 May 2025 @ 15:00 BST | 16:00 CEST | 10:00 EDT How can coaches help youth players thrive in first-team soccer? Join us for an exclusive webinar with…
Managing Load in Football Using Internal and External Data
How can physiological data help optimize training, enhance player performance, and manage injury risk in women’s football? Join special guest speaker Lead Sports Scientist at Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Catarina Bajanca,…
Microcycle Planning in Soccer Using Internal Load
Discover how internal load metrics can be used to individualize microcycle plans, manage player fatigue, and enhance performance in soccer. This webinar is designed for sport scientists, coaches, and practitioners…
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Events
Firstbeat Sports to attend the NSCA Connecticut State Clinic
Firstbeat Sports is attending this year’s NSCA Connecticut State Clinic, an event which brings cutting edge research to strength and conditioning coaches. The event will be held on May 30…
Firstbeat Sports to Attend Performance 4 Conference
Firstbeat Sports is attending this year’s Performance-4 conference, an event which brings together the nation’s best college basketball strength coaches. The event will be held on April 4 in San Antonio,…
Firstbeat Sports Team Attending 2025 PFPCA Vendor Trade Show
John Lally and Veli-Pekka Kurunmäki will attend the PFPCA Vendor Trade Show on April 2 in Orlando, Florida on behalf of Firstbeat Sports. They will meet with participants to talk…
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News
KSV 1919 & Firstbeat: Sustainable Performance Management for 150 Players
KSV 1919 and Firstbeat Sports have entered into a strategic partnership to take player performance management and development to the next level for approximately 150 players across the professional and…
Atlanta United FC and Firstbeat Confirm New Multi-Year Deal
Firstbeat is excited to announce a new agreement with Atlanta United FC that will see the men’s professional soccer team use the Firstbeat Sports Premium Plus solution for the next…
SK Sturm Graz and Firstbeat Confirm New Partnership
Firstbeat Technologies is thrilled to announce a partnership with SK Sturm Graz for the current and upcoming season. Founded in 2002, Firstbeat specializes in utilizing physiological data in sports, by…
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Guides
Firstbeat guide
Training Load Guide for Soccer
Firstbeat guide
How-To-Guide: Return to Play After Injury
Firstbeat guide
How-To-Guide: Hard Training Sessions (GD-3/4) with Firstbeat Sports
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