Beats Per Purpose: Back to the Basics of Heart Rate, in Practice
A free webinar with Martin Buchheit and Firstbeat. When: Tuesday, November 3rd, 2026 @ 15:00 EET · 14:00 CET · 13:00 GMT · 08:00 EST Heart rate straps are back…
Basketball
Webinars
Beyond the Basics: 5 Secret Use Cases for Load Monitoring in Elite Sports
Domenik Theodorou, performance coach at RASTA Vechta, shows how he uses heart rate and movement load data beyond team practice: national team windows, top-up sessions, return after illness, off-season and…
Culture, Conditioning & Load Management in NCAA Basketball
Henry Barrera, strength and conditioning coach for Alabama men’s basketball, shows how he uses heart rate and TRIMP to plan the practice week with the head coach, keep low-minute players…
User Stories
Train As You Play: How Firstbeat Helps Syntainics MBC Navigate A 60-Game Season
Simone Controne is Strength and Conditioning Coach at Syntainics MBC, a professional basketball team competing in Germany’s Basketball Bundesliga. In this user story, Simone discusses some of the challenges of…
Inside Germany’s EuroBasket Victory – How Firstbeat Fueled the Champions
When Germany lifted the FIBA EuroBasket 2025 trophy, defeating Türkiye 88-83 in a thrilling final, it became a victorious moment in a golden era for German basketball. Already reigning world…
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…
News
Firstbeat Launches Movement Efficiency Variable: See How Effectively Your Athletes Turn Effort into Performance
Firstbeat Sports, a physiology-based coaching platform for elite sports teams, has introduced Movement Efficiency to its Premium Plus solution. Movement Efficiency describes the ratio between external and internal load. It…
EWE Baskets Oldenburg and Firstbeat Sports Confirm New Multi-Year Deal
Firstbeat is excited to announce a new multi-year agreement with EWE Baskets Oldenburg that will see the men’s professional basketball team use the Firstbeat Sports Premium solution for the next…
Firstbeat Sports to Provide Advanced Physiological Analytics for Norrköping Dolphins
Four-time Swedish basketball champions Norrköping Dolphins have entered into a new three-year partnership agreement with Firstbeat Sports, giving them access to the most comprehensive physiological analytics in team sports. Firstbeat…
Blog
Managing Load After Off Days and Sickness – Expert Insights from Pro Basketball
This article is written by Domenik Theodorou, a Firstbeat Sports client and Performance Coach at RASTA Vechta, a professional basketball team competing in the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) and FIBA Basketball…
Domenik TheodorouPerformance Coach, RASTA Vechta
Managing Training Load Year-Round: Through Off-Seasons, Breaks & Beyond
This article is written by Domenik Theodorou, a Firstbeat Sports client and Performance Coach at RASTA Vechta, a professional basketball team competing in the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) and FIBA Basketball…
Domenik TheodorouPerformance Coach, RASTA Vechta
Time Spent in Different Heart Rate Zones – Comparison Between Sports
At Firstbeat Sports, we analyzed over 4 million measurements to compare the time athletes spend in each heart rate zone across various sports. The findings reveal intriguing patterns that highlight…
Podcasts
Taking Time to Build the Data – With Steve Chouinard, Colgate Athletics – Ep.18
Welcome to the Firstbeat Sports Podcast where we talk with coaches and sports scientists to explore the latest in performance monitoring and how it is making a difference in NCAA…
Real-time Training Guidance and Better Athlete Relationships – With Jaime Fernandez, University of Arizona Women’s Basketball – Ep. 16
Welcome to the Firstbeat Sports Podcast where we talk with coaches and sports scientists to explore the latest in performance monitoring and how it is making a difference in NCAA…