Using Heart Rate Data to Plan and Deliver Pre-Season in Elite Soccer
Wednesday 17th June 2026 @ 14:00 UK BST, 15:00 CEST, 16:00 EEST Every coach knows that pre-season is vital. It sets the tone for the rest of the campaign and…
Sports Coaching
Webinars
In-Season Performance Insights with NHL’s Alexi Pianosi
Join Firstbeat for an exclusive live webinar with Alexi Pianosi, Head Strength & Conditioning Coach at the Colorado Avalanche, as he shares how physiological data supports performance across…
The Importance of Load Monitoring in Women’s Soccer
Join Firstbeat and an expert panel of leading practitioners as they explore how to apply load monitoring in women’s soccer. Our special guests Dr. Georgia Brown, Dr. Dawn Scott, Dr. Nicole Surdyka, and host…
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…
How EV Landshut Manages Weekly Training Load and Keeps All Players Match Ready
Leo Loibl is the Strength & Conditioning Coach at EV Landshut, a professional ice hockey team competing in Germany’s Deutsche Eishockey Liga 2. In this user story, Leo shares the…
How FFHG Uses Firstbeat Data to Guide Training on the Road to Milano Cortina
In this Firstbeat interview, players and staff from the French Ice Hockey Federation (FFHG) share how they integrate Firstbeat into their training program as they prepare for the 2026 Olympic…
News
Firstbeat Sports Introduces Reference Values for Easier Use of Data on the Field
Coaches can now instantly put results into context by comparing them with typical values for their sport or with athletes’ previous training sessions. This makes data immediately actionable on the…
Firstbeat and Eerikkilä Enter a Long-Term Partnership – Data Supports Individual Development
Firstbeat and Eerikkilä have signed a long-term partnership agreement aimed at supporting the training and well-being of young athletes and active individuals with physiological data. Eerikkilä is a sports facility…
Firstbeat Launches SMFT Live View, Enabling Real-Time Fitness Testing with Automated Results
Firstbeat Sports has recently enhanced its Sub-Maximal Fitness Testing Feature (SMFT) with the addition of its new Live View, enabling coaches and performance staff to monitor athlete responses in real…
Trainings
SMFT Made Simple: Live Insights with Philipp Lussi, TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
Watch the recording. Real-Time View. Automated Results. No Manual Work. Firstbeat’s Joel Wenning joined by Philipp Lussi from TSG 1899 Hoffenheim to demonstrate how coaches can now measure SMFT automatically…
Assessing Athlete Performance and Trainability
Every athlete is unique, and so is their response to training. Understanding these responses is key to maximizing performance. In this session, we’ll explore how individual characteristics affect trainability and…
Using HRV and Recovery Data to Manage Training Load
April 2025 – Tuesday 29th, 15:00 UK To make the most of any monitoring program you need to assess how your athletes are coping with their training demands in…
Blog
When the Heat Rises, So Does the Load, And It’s Different for Every Player
Every coach knows a hot session feels harder. What’s less obvious is that the same session in the same heat puts wildly different strain on different players. That’s the case…
Optimizing NHL Performance: How Firstbeat Data Drives Player Insights with the Colorado Avalanche
In this article, based on an interview with Alexi Pianosi, Head Strength & Conditioning Coach for the Colorado Avalanche, we explore how one of the NHL’s top teams uses physiological…
What External Load Alone Misses: 5 Examples from Pro Performance Staff
In this article, performance professionals across elite sports teams give 5 examples of why you shouldn’t rely on external load data alone and how combining it with internal load data…
Guides
Firstbeat guide
How-To-Guide: Return to Play After Injury
Firstbeat guide
Training Load Guide for Ice Hockey
Training Load Guide for Ice Hockey
Getting results in sports is increasingly decided by ever-decreasing margins. Even 1% can make a big difference.
Firstbeat guide
Training Load Guide for Basketball
Training Load Guide for Basketball
Extracted from Firstbeat ‘big data,’ use our analysis of over 2 million data points to see where your players are at compared to other pros and discover if your team is performing on an optimal level.
Events
Firstbeat Sports Team Attending 2026 Sport Science Symposium
Matt Tardif will attend the Sport Science Symposium from May 29-31,2026, in Houston, Texas, on behalf of Firstbeat Sports. The Sport Science Symposium is organized by a group of leading practitioners…
Firstbeat Sports Team Attending 2026 WCBA Convention
Matt Tardif will attend the WCBA Convention in Phoenix, Arizona, from April 2-5, 2026, on behalf of Firstbeat Sports. He will meet with participants to talk about how women’s basketball coaches…
Firstbeat Sports Attending Football Fitness Network Meeting
Joel Wenning and Veli-Pekka Kurunmäki from the Firstbeat Sports team will attend this year’s Football Fitness Network Meeting, which will take place from 20-21 November 2025 in Stockholm. The team will…
Podcasts
Data-Driven Football Performance in Bundesliga – with Jonas Bode, Lead Performance Coach at Borussia Mönchengladbach
Jonas Bode is a performance coach working with the first team at Borussia Mönchengladbach in the German Bundesliga. He has built his career through the German football system, starting in…
Data-Driven Training in the UFC – with Roman Fomin, Director of Sport Science at the Ultimate Fighting Championship – Ep. 20
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…
Optimizing Hydration, Salt Intake, And Load Management For Pro Athletes – With Tamara Hew-Butler, Associate Professor of Exercise Physiology, Wayne State Warriors – Ep. 19
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…