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…
Graham StarkSports Scientist
The season of the world’s fastest sport on skates went as quickly as the riders on the track, but the speedy competitors have already got their hands full preparing for the start of next season. We chatted with Mirko Lahti, the recently crowned 20-year-old Junior World Championship.
Do players with better athleticism score more goals? Maybe. Do goalkeepers with better athleticism save more shots? Yes, says René Stampler, lecturer at the Austrian Football Association (ÖFB) and Bavarian…
Head Coach John Marovich talks about how he and his staff at Valparaiso University have utilized cutting-edge sports monitoring technology from Firstbeat over the past 18 months to help student athletes in women’s soccer reach their full potential.
Movement Load metric allows you to quantify the movement of your athletes using the Firstbeat Sports platform. But what exactly is Movement Load? What should you do with information it…
Graham StarkSports Scientist
This season there’s a new kind of kick going on at Harju Stadium in Jyväskylä. The local soccer club, JJK, earned its way back into the Veikkaus League, Finland’s top competitive league.
After a pair of dominant wins over Japan (5-0) and Austria (6-0), Germany clinched a place in the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics Ice Hockey Tournament with a victory over hosts…
Personal Trainer Sami Alalauri knows hockey and the art of coaching. He can read a player’s mood by the position of his cap. This is hardcore stuff.
As a daily user for training load, intensity and recovery monitoring, Harry Körner uses the Firstbeat Sports monitoring its full potential.
Botafogo is among an increasing number of Brazilian soccer teams enjoying the benefits of an increased focus on sports technology. According to team physiologist Manoel Coutinho, a large portion of the team’s recent success are attributable insights provided by Firstbeat Sports.
Maritta Becker, assistant coach of ERC Ingolstadt, is familiar with the challenges of remote coordination, as she prepares the team for the season ahead.
Firstbeat Sport Manager Veli-Pekka Kurunmäki recently caught up with Dragon’s Assistant Coach Ari Salo to talk about how their team utilizes Firstbeat’s physiological monitoring capabilities to create memorable performances.
Jyväskylä, Finland – Firstbeat announces a newly improved tool for assessing player recovery and training readiness. The latest update to Firstbeat Sports Monitor includes a major update to the Quick…
Early wins over Slovakia and USA helped propel the German Hockey team towards a quarterfinal berth at the 2016 Ice Hockey World Championship tournament in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It is…
In July of 2015, Australian performance specialist Lachlan Penfold joined the NBA’s Golden State Warriors as Head of Physical Performance and Sports Medicine. The Warriors had just won the team’s…
The training and recovery data provided by Firstbeat gives the Red Wings coaching staff critical information that allows them to make educated decisions about how to best prepare each player to give the team the maximum chance of success.
Venezuelan national basketball team trainer Germán Andrín García explains how Firstbeat Sports data helped them be prepared for the Olympics.
With the current postponement of most sports competitions and the disruption of traditional training methods, some teams are adjusting to the ‘new normal’ by using innovative solutions based on Garmin…
