“I think it’s important to develop the players all the way from a young age progressing towards the elite league. We have a strength and conditioning team that involves coaches from U18 and U20. We meet on a regular basis.”
The German Ice Hockey Federation and Firstbeat Technologies have agreed to extend their current cooperation until the end of 2021.
Jesper Gillerås is the Strength and Conditioning Coach at Leksands IF, a Swedish ice hockey team competing in the SHL, Sweden’s top-tier league. In this interview, Jesper talks about why…
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Learn how Minnesota Wild aims to maintain optimal performance all season long. The NHL season is a marathon, not a sprint, and with each team playing 82 games in a…
Using data from our Firstbeat big database, we’ve analyzed the time ice hockey players spend in various heart rate zones, with a focus on how this differs by age. Higher…
Using our Firstbeat big database, we have analyzed the typical Acute Load (7-day TRIMP sum) across different age groups in men’s basketball, ice hockey, and soccer. The data shows that…
The German Ice Hockey Federation and Firstbeat have been in close partnership for many years. In this time, an effective routine for the use of the Firstbeat Sports system has…
The Carolina Hurricanes have agreed to a three-year deal to begin using Firstbeat, the leading provider of physiological analytics in sports. The Hurricanes become the 17th NHL franchise to utilize…
Raivis Miezans, the Strength and Conditioning Coach of Dinamo Riga, discusses how he uses Firstbeat Sports with the ice hockey team.
JYP Jyväskylä are showing that a roster who buy into player monitoring on and off the ice can reap the rewards.
A Firstbeat project focused on how German Ice Hockey Federation staff, working on behalf of the athletes at an organizational level, were doing.
March 11 was a good day to 22-year-old college student John Hayden, but it was the week after that made a remarkable difference in his life. After scoring a goal…
Yale University hockey teams use Firstbeat Sports to support coaching decisions and teach the players. The university newspaper, Yale Daily News, interviewed Assistant Director of Strength and Conditioning for men’s…
AZ Central recently published an article about NHL team Arizona Coyotes utilizing Firstbeat Sports to manage their tight game schedule. The Coyotes have been measuring their players’ heart rates throughout…
Pivot Sports founder and Firstbeat US representative John Lally was on hand once again for the annual Detroit Red Wings Development Camp.
Erkka Westerlund, a well-known, highly regarded Finnish hockey coach, recently announced a new cooperative project with Firstbeat. He will continue to work with top athletes in a slightly different role,…
As the head strength and conditioning coach for the San Jose Sharks for the past 11 years, Mike Potenza has established himself as one of the league’s leading experts in preparing the pros.
