Testing and talking instead of predicting – injury prevention in soccer
Routine, something that most people wake up with and go to bed with, especially athletes. This will be a walk-through of monitoring and data collecting you need to carry out in order to keep your team, athletes and staff coordinated. I am a sports physio, and this will be my share of the knowledge of […]
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 […]
Critical approach to screening, a good starting point in the mindset of assessing your athletes
A year ago, I started studying at a Football Science institute, a masters in football injury reconditioning coach. In one module, professor Jo Clubb began to explain the importance of assessments and what we need to take into account when choosing a test and what are the arguments for and against using screening protocols. I […]
Building High-Performance environment in football – The example of Croatian football clubs
Introduction High-performance coaching is a methodology aimed at helping football players and teams achieve optimal performance levels by focusing on key performance indicators (KPIs) such as physical, technical, tactical, and mental aspects of the game. This approach goes beyond just practicing and playing, as it involves identifying weaknesses and areas of improvement, creating customized training […]
Evidence-based practice in rehabilitation and injury prevention?
Today we have a big problem with injuries in sports and today’s models and practical applications of injury prevention do not give us good results. In the most recent study of elite clubs (Ekstrand et al, 2022), we see a 100% increase in the proportion of hamstring injuries in the last 21 seasons (from 12% […]
Internal Load Management – Ultrax module
A practical guide for internal load management and injury prevention solution in sport explained through the functionalities of the Ultrax app Introduction The football of 2030 will not be the same as the football of 2020. In recent years, the game has changed. The number and the intensity of football actions have evolved. We can […]
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Strength training — benefits and trade-offs, backed by science
We all know the great importance and “countless” benefits of strength training in any sport, not only in sports but for the general health of people, regardless of their age and training background. There is probably no need to repeat those benefits, but let’s do it anyway just because the „strength“ deserves that. What does […]
Importance of strength training in basketball
Importance of resistance training in team sports has been highly emphasized during the last decades. Positive influence of strength and power development on athlete’s health and performance is unquestionable. Ranging from improvements in bone mineral density, muscle-tendinous structure and function, economy of running and moving, followed by of course increase in force production, jumping, sprinting […]
