Understanding Athlete Training Load: The Benefits of Real-Time Monitoring
The end goal of any training plan is to make sure players are ready to perform at the peak of their abilities come game day.
Alastair DavidsonUK Content Specialist
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.
Alastair DavidsonUK Content Specialist
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.
Alastair DavidsonUK Content Specialist
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…
Herman BonnerCommunications Specialist, Firstbeat
Looking at Cheerleaders. What Can Science Tell Us About Game Day?
There are well over 3 million cheerleaders just in the United States. It’s a popular sport capable of attracting enthusiastic participants of all ages. For college football fans, cheerleaders working…
Marc LochbaumProfessor of Sport and Exercise Psychology, Texas Tech University
NCAA Basketball: Challenging Players with the Right Training Load
Tim Beltz, M.Sc., is a Master Strength and Conditioning Coach certified by the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association (CSCCA). He has been a member of the University of Pittsburgh…
Herman BonnerCommunications Specialist, Firstbeat
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. Nearly…
Herman BonnerCommunications Specialist, Firstbeat
How Loss of Key Player Increases Value of Recovery Data for Tottenham Hotspur
In the world of elite sports, success is often determined by the quality of your backup plan. When the margin for error decreases, the value of taking the next right…
Herman BonnerCommunications Specialist, Firstbeat
Smarter Endurance Training with Heart Rate Variability Guidance
Predicting how athletes will react to training is a challenge, especially when the goal is to boost endurance performance. Similar training protocols and programming often produce different results. One athlete…
How to Gain Maximum Benefits from Your Team’s Winter Break
While the Premier League is still going strong, the majority of the European soccer leagues are heading to the winter break during some of the coldest months of the year….
Christoph RottensteinerPh.D., Country Manager DACH
Measuring Training Load and Recovery on a Training Camp – Part 2: How Does Training Hard Affect Recovery?
Read also part I: Active Recovery In this post I aim to present some data I have got from conducting measurements with the Bodyguard 2 device during training camp here…
Ida Aidanpää-ImmonenKey Account Manager, Firstbeat