Culture, Conditioning & Load Management in NCAA Basketball
Henry Barrera, strength and conditioning coach for Alabama men’s basketball, shows how he uses heart rate and TRIMP to plan the practice week with the head coach, keep low-minute players…
Introduction to Submaximal Fitness Testing with Firstbeat
Submaximal fitness testing has become an established method in professional sports for tracking aerobic fitness and monitoring athlete readiness, without pushing athletes to their limits. See the example report This…
Bridging the Gap: Supporting Youth-to-First Team Transition with Internal Load Monitoring
Dr James Malone, sports scientist and former Everton and Liverpool sports scientist, shows academy and first-team performance staff in football how to use internal load to bring a young player…
Managing Load in Football Using Internal and External Data
Catarina Bajanca, lead sport scientist for Benfica’s women’s first team, shows how her staff combine heart rate and GPS data to plan drills, monitor training live and set the load…
Microcycle Planning in Soccer Using Internal Load
Dr James Malone, sports scientist and former Liverpool first-team sports scientist, shows performance staff in professional soccer how to plan each day of the microcycle around internal load, from the…
Using HRV and Recovery Data to Manage Training Load
April 2025 – Tuesday 29th, 15:00 UK This content is shown once you accept marketing cookies. Change cookie settings To make the most of any monitoring program you need…
Longitudinal Training Load Management Using Firstbeat Sports
Using longitudinal data to manage your athletes training loads in a vital part of the process to develop your athletes, manage risks, and fine-tune performance.
Training Effect – What Is It? What Does It Mean? How Do You Use It?
February 2025 This content is shown once you accept marketing cookies. Change cookie settings Training Effect is one of the most powerful and informative metrics included with Firstbeat Sports. This…
Identifying Game Demands – Using Firstbeat Data to Train As You Play
Event was held January 2025 – Thursday 30th, 15:00 UK Recording This content is shown once you accept marketing cookies. Change cookie settings This session talks you through the importance…
Optimizing Training & Recovery in the AFL: Expert Insights with Sydney Swans
Rob Inness, Daniel Cosenza and Will Sheehan show how the Sydney Swans added heart rate monitoring to GPS in their first season with it, from morning recovery checks to rehab,…
Optimizing Team Performance: The Role of HRV in Elite Sports
Marc Olmos, strength and conditioning coach at Bamberg Baskets, explains how to build a heart rate variability (HRV) routine for a basketball team, from a 3-minute morning test to reading…
Robust, Resilient, and Ready – Physical Preparation in High-Performance Football
Nick Grantham, lead first-team strength and conditioning coach at a Premier League club, shows how he builds strong, resilient players for a season of up to 67 fixtures, and how…
Building Robust Athletes – Strategies for Long-Term Player Development
Marko Haverinen, strength and conditioning coach at Tappara, compares game and training load across the club’s men’s, U20 and U18 teams to show how to build a data-driven player pathway,…
Mastering Data-Driven Decisions in Pro Basketball
Domenik Theodorou, performance coach at RASTA Vechta, shows how he plans the practice week, spots trends in each player’s heart rate and movement load data, and runs on-court rehab by…
NHL, Recovery, and a Mountain of Data – Training Insights with Minnesota Wild’s Matt Harder
Matt Harder, head strength and conditioning coach of the Minnesota Wild, shows how he uses rolling weekly training impulse (TRIMP) from heart rate data to decide when NHL players need…
Monitoring Internal Training Load with MLS Champions – Los Angeles Football Club
Gavin Benjafield, director of performance at Los Angeles Football Club, shows how his staff use internal and external load to compare players, run live training feedback, return injured players to…
Training Daze: The Art and Science of the Daily Routine
Join Great Britain rower and record breaker Tom George and Firstbeat as we discuss the art and science of the daily routine when it comes to training, achieving peak performance and perfecting your mindset.
Know Your Why: The Debate Between External and Internal Load Monitoring
Join James Wagenschutz as we explore the principles, strategies and techniques of using external and internal load monitoring devices to support performance.