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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 […]
Data Science in Sport
Moneyball and Data Science in Sport In 2011, the movie Moneyball came out. It was the first time when the term data science entered into the public’s consciousness. At the time Billy Beane was the general manager of the Oakland Athletics. Through the use of sabermetrics, the empirical analysis of baseball statistics he was able […]
Einführung in die Überwachung
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 […]
Strength and conditioning – What it takes to be one
What is strength and conditioning and what do strength and conditioning coaches do? We have been called many names through our development and through the rise in the sports industry. Personal trainer, physical coach, fitness coach, performance coach and many other names, but basically the title that brings it all together and the one that […]
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 […]
