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In Season Planning in Football: Training Day Construction
Introduction This text will be used to illustrate the structure of a training day in football. Recently it has become quite popular to use scientific terms and support every work with scientific evidence, but in the world of football, some things have not yet been tested or are simply not that easy to confirm. If […]
In Season Planning in Football: Training Day Construction, Part 2
In the first blog, I wrote about the initial factors that influence the creation of a training day during the season, with one of the key factors definitely being the timing of the previous match. I gave the example of MD+1 and we discussed how the minutes played are the main factors that dictate the […]
Identifying ACL Injury Risk Factors in Female Athletes Using Technology
ACL ruptures are increasingly common in field and court sports and occur 3-6 times more frequently in girls and women than boys and men. However, even after surgical reconstruction and apparently successful rehabilitation, two-thirds of female athletes don’t return to their pre-injury levels of training and competition, a quarter experience a second ACL injury and […]
Understanding the Differences Between Female and Male Athletes for Improved Performance
In the world of sports, understanding the differences between female and male athletes is essential for optimizing performance, training strategies, and injury prevention. While both genders possess remarkable athletic abilities, there are distinct anatomical, physiological, and hormonal variations that set them apart. In this blog post, we will explore these differences and their impact on […]
Exercise Programs for Shoulder Injury Prevention in Soccer
In recent years, shoulder injuries have become an increasing health problem for soccer players and athletes in general. In soccer, numerous researchers have noted that goalkeepers are more susceptible to upper limb injuries than other field players [1]. Understanding the Scope of Shoulder Injuries in Soccer On average, elite soccer players experience 1.5 to 7.6 […]
Intro to Monitoring
Why track load? Given the relationship among athlete workloads, injury and performance athlete monitoring has become critical in the high-performance sporting environment(1). Gabbett TJ, et al. Br J Sports Med Month 2017 Vol 0 No 0 Load monitoring is the process of tracking and analyzing the physical demands placed on an athlete or team during […]
Rehabilitation pillars – General guidelines of the rehabilitation process
We do what we can A few years ago, I attended a Strength and conditioning conference where during a lecture, one S&C coach said: „There is no such thing as injury prevention – only injury reduction “- and that cannot be truer. We can only do so much to help athletes, and we can’t prevent […]
Exercise – the missing piece of healthcare
„We now live with illness and disabilities from which we used to die”. Sir Cyrile Chantler (2002) In the last couple of years I always asked myself why is that?! Today we live in very odd times where technological improvement has led to an endless supply of information and that should lead to an improvement […]
Recovery, Recovery, Recovery: Monitoring Recovery in Professional Soccer and the Application of Blood Monitoring
Diarmuid Daniels MSc., PhD Researcher, a research scientist with Orreco delves into the science of soccer, describing the crucial importance of recovery and discussing the role of blood biomarker monitoring. Edited by Marc Cleary. The Why (Recovery in Soccer) The physical demands of match play in the professional football have increased substantially in recent years […]
