Micro-Cycle Periodization in Soccer – How to Structure the Game Week
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Preparing for each game is perhaps one of the most important considerations when coaches are planning their weekly training schedule, as they aim to arrive at game day with players…
Maximizing Athletic Performance with Lap Management: A Comprehensive Guide
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Unlocking the full potential of your athletes and optimizing training requires a strategic approach. The Lap Management tool is your key to achieving this. In this comprehensive guide, we’ll explore…
Gaining Athlete Buy-In – Ideas and Strategies for Successful Monitoring
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The key to any successful monitoring strategy in sports is having buy-in from the athletes. Without athlete buy-in, it will likely be difficult to get reliable and valid data. Of…
How to Use Firstbeat Sports in Practice – A Quick Guide for Coaches
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Coaching a sports team requires careful management of training, player performance, and recovery. Making informed decisions is crucial to maximize your team’s potential and achieving success on the field. One…
New Heart Rate Recovery Feature from Firstbeat Sports Provides More Insights for Coaches
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The new Heart Rate Recovery (HRR) feature from Firstbeat Sports provides an additional tool for coaches to assess the status of their athletes, giving further insights into conditioning and recovery…
Firstbeat Sports Post-Season Review – 2022 Highlights from NCAA Women’s Soccer
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A growing number of collegiate athletes are benefiting from technology as they pursue their performance dreams. With 2022 coming to an end, we thought we’d take a look back at…
How To Gain Maximum Benefits Following Your Team’s World Cup Break
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With the FIFA World Cup in full swing, many European soccer teams are having a short break during this time. This break period allows teams to build their strategies, work…
Not Monitoring Internal Load is Like Cooking Without a Recipe – Here’s Why
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In this sports-focused blog post, Firstbeat’s Customer Success Manager, Joel Wenning, examines the importance of internal load and why this data should be the priority when it comes to athlete…
Measuring Sleep to Help Manage Athletic Performance
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As part of sleep awareness week, March 13-19, it seems a good time to have a look at the subject and how you can utilize Firstbeat Sports to monitor your…
Navigating a ‘Season Like no Other’
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Jaime Fernandez helped the Arizona Wildcats women’s basketball team reach the NCAA national championships final for the first time in their history, using Firstbeat Sports.
Manual Exercise Input: Fill the Gaps in an Athlete’s Training History for Accurate Data
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The new Manual Exercise Input feature ensures your longitudinal monitoring doesn’t miss a beat. Even when you can’t capture session data (maybe an athlete is with their national team or…
Movement Load: Profiling Athletes and Their Individual Characteristics
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In my previous blog, Movement Load: Add Valuable Context to Internal Load Data, I discussed the general principles behind Movement Load, what it is, and how it can be used…