Understanding Athlete Training Load: The Benefits of Real-Time Monitoring
Real-time monitoring offers insights that inform decisions like adjusting the intensity and layout of the ongoing practice to make sure predetermined targets are met.
How Arsenal Manage Player Data to Achieve Peak Performance
Technology in sport is increasing at a rapid rate. Arsenal’s Tom Allen reveals how to pinpoint the key data and monitor players effectively during the season.
Why Good Sleep Hygiene Really Matters in Elite Sports
The levels of physical and mental exertion required to maintain performance at the elite level means effective recovery is essential. Good quality sleep is one way of getting exactly that. However, getting enough sleep (and the right kind) can be harder than it sounds.
DFB Cup, Europa League and a Fitting Farewell
For the second year in a row, the DFB Cup final is the last chance for Eintracht Frankfurt to secure a place in European competition for next season. Utilizing the Firstbeat Sports system, the training load of all players are monitored, so that everyone can be performing at his best in Berlin.
NCAA Basketball: The Practical Side of Recovery Monitoring
As part of the Firstbeat Sports webinar series, Sean Conaty of the University of Eastern Michigan delivered his insights into the practical side of using data to enhance performance for NCAA men’s basketball players.
Looking at Cheerleaders. What Can Science Tell Us About Game Day?
When it comes to cheerleading, very little – if any – research is available that squads can use to help prepare themselves to perform. Monitoring cardiovascular load is vital to best train athletes in all sports.
Marc LochbaumProfessor of Sport and Exercise Psychology, Texas Tech University
NCAA Basketball: Challenging Players With the Right Training Load
The ability to track intensity and quantify training loads using technology plays a big role in today’s game, giving team experts the ability to see in specific terms how individual athletes are impacted by training and how they respond at a physiological level.
Block Training to Boost Your Endurance Performance
Olli-Pekka Nuuttila writes about his master’s thesis “Comparison of the predetermined and HRV-guided block training: the effects of 8-week intensive training period on endurance performance”.
Solving the Training-Injury Prevention Paradox
In August 2017, Firstbeat Sports hosted a special webinar featuring Dr. Tim Gabbett, an internationally renowned physiologist and leading expert on the topics of training demands and injury prevention.
How Loss of Key Player Increases Value of Recovery Data for Tottenham Hotspur
Training load monitoring and recovery testing are among the ways that top teams like Tottenham Hotspur are leveraging science and technology to reduce injuries and create competitive advantages on the field.
Smarter Endurance Training with Heart Rate Variability Guidance
The ability to predict how a particular individual will react to a training protocol in advance is a critical step in getting training prescriptions right.
Ville VesterinenGuest Author
How to Gain Maximum Benefits From Your Team’s Winter Break
The break allows the teams to build their strategies, work with their conditioning elements and enables the players to recover from their demanding schedule.
Christoph RottensteinerPh.D., Country Manager DACH, Firstbeat