First Beat

MARCH 12, 2025

TRIMP (Training Impulse) is a powerful metric that helps sports teams quantify training load using heart rate data, enabling coaches to optimize performance, manage injury risk, and ensure athletes are game-ready. In this article, well explain what TRIMP is , how its calculated, and how it can be applied to coaching decisions.

Sports

Magnus Health

DECEMBER 11, 2024

As we prepare for 2025, were anticipating a heightened emphasis on student well-being and mental health along with continued exploration of technological advancements in the health office. Focus on Student Well-Being According to Merriam-Webster, well-being is defined as the state of being happy, healthy, or prosperous.

Health

Changing the Game Project

JULY 24, 2025

He was my coach. If you asked me to describe my father in terms of what he did for a living, I would say he was a fireman who happened to practice law and coach on the side. And oh yeah, he coached for over 20 years on top of it all. My dad was one of my first coaches, and boy was he tough. He was my father.

Coaching

Athletic Director U

MAY 24, 2025

The coach uses it to pay better players. The coach then leaves for a pay raise and takes all the players with him, and you have nothing to show for it. John’s, have received well-deserved publicity for their support. I want to help the coach(es). It also needs to outline the role donors will play in achieving success.

Motivation

First Beat

JUNE 5, 2025

This article is written by Domenik Theodorou , a Firstbeat Sports client and Performance Coach at RASTA Vechta , a professional basketball team competing in the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) and FIBA Basketball Champions League (BCL). And even if we tried, would it be realistically achievable?

Conditioning

SHAPE America

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Read on for an overview of what you can expect to see in the updated USA Lacrosse curriculum, as well as tips for modifying the rules, equipment, environment, and learning strategies as needed in your PE classes. This creates an ability to work well independently, as well as with peers.

Physical Education

Stanford Childrens

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

“You’ve got to do something in your spare time, so you might as well make it count, right?” Biden Lifetime Achievement Award, which is the highest honor in the President’s Volunteer Service Award (PVSA) program. Coaches play a valuable role for kids who don’t have fathers,” he says. Service is what I’ve always believed in.”

Achievement

The Sporting

APRIL 3, 2024

12 Questions with Baseball Player Ian Blease The Sporting Blog interviews baseball player Ian Blease about his time playing, managing and coaching baseball. Is there a coach, teammate or even a club from your youth that has had a material impact on your life in sport today? Norman Wells Ballpark, Bootle, Merseyside.

Coaching

Sports Coaching FAQ

JANUARY 12, 2021

The role of a Sports Coach is to enable the individual players, athletes, and teams they are working with to develop, perform effectively, and achieve their goals. This article will outline the fundamental process that underpins a coach’s ability to achieve these objectives. How to Plan a Sports coaching session.

Coaching

Magnus Health

JULY 12, 2024

And the benefits couldn’t be better — participation in sports can improve academic achievement and overall self-esteem, and athletes are more likely to engage in health-promoting behaviors than their non-athlete peers. Sleep also plays a pivotal role in overall athlete wellness. Many also felt mentally exhausted.

Wellness

Physical Education Update

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

For track coaches like me, the revelations about professional baseball players taking performance enhancers is no surprise at all. The fact is, track provides a big paycheck to very few people…a way to achieve a college scholarship perhaps, but it’s not considered the pathway to a multi-million pro sport career. Not a chance.

PE

Sports Coaching FAQ

APRIL 11, 2021

Self-confidence is a vital component of successful sports performance and is an attribute that effective sports coaches seek to develop in their athletes along side technical and tactical skills. We will now explore Self-efficacy and how it can be applied to developing sports coaches’ self-confidence. What is Self-efficacy?

Coaching

The Physical Educator

DECEMBER 5, 2022

When I made the jump from teaching to full-time instructional coaching and content creation, I knew that I needed to get crystal clear in regard to the philosophy that would guide my work. With the new year right around the corner, I’ve started to reflect on who I want to be, what I want to achieve, and how I want to feel in 2023.

Wellness

First Beat

AUGUST 4, 2023

Focused on empowering decision-makers with data, Hat-TriQ is a unique analysis product assisting elite teams with detailed players analysis, information on how the players play the game, how the players practice, and the player’s well-being within a single platform. Focused on empowering decision-makers with data.

Sports

First Beat

JUNE 26, 2024

The performance staff will be able to collect, upload, and respond to real-time player data such as TRIMP/min, Training Effect, Movement Load, and Heart Rate Recovery collected using the Firstbeat Sports app and sensor, as well as inform training decisions based on post-session analysis.

Physiology

AASP

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Athletic careers end for a variety of reasons including, age, deselection, decrements in performance, loss of motivation, having achieved all their desired goals, non-renewal of contract, or injury. Athletic relationships might also end as teammates move in different directions and coaches focus their attention on those still competing.</p>

Sports

Learning Through Sport

JANUARY 2, 2023

It has long been argued that teaching and coaching must be based on sound, rigorous research and systematic evidence of what works, how and why it works, where it works and for whom it works (Slavin, 2002). Engagement Engagement is a precursor to achievement ( Boykin & Noguera, 2011). Engagement can be considered in three areas.

Physiology

Reinventing the Game

APRIL 14, 2022

So, my attempt now is to figure out what are we doing well and not so well when we start our intervention planning by looking at a predetermined exactness of the outcome we want and working backwards. We go through with the lessons and usually find it hard to decide if we had achieved what we need to.

Physical Education

Learning Through Sport

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Small sided games (SSGs) have been part of the coaching lexicon for decades. The increasing recognition of SSG as a training and coaching/teaching tool over the last forty years has led to the research community paying increasingly greater attention to them. Pill, S., & & Agnew, D. International Sports Studies, 41 (2), 5-31.

Coaching

The Sporting

JULY 10, 2023

1: Great Personal Trainers & Coaches Keep learning By this I mean don’t get lazy and think you could teach your sessions with your eyes closed. If these clients are choosing to spend their time and money with you, give them a fun experience that leaves them with a smile on their face as well as sweat on their brow.

Gyms

AASP

MARCH 21, 2024

<p>The pressure to achieve the "perfect" body is palpable, affecting individuals from all walks of life. In this blog post, we will explore the key findings and implications of research, emphasizing how self-compassion is showing promise as an approach to promoting healthy body image and overall well-being.</p>

Psychology

The Sporting

JUNE 26, 2023

He achieved everything a New Zealand All Black can achieve. It will be a long time before any other player achieves the success that Richie McCaw did during his illustrious career. He is a well-respected man in the global rugby community and in 2021 he was knighted for services to rugby.

Achievement

Sports Coaching FAQ

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

A challenge faced by novice and experienced sports coaches alike is obtaining and retaining the attention of the kids being coached. If a coach can get an athlete’s attention effectively then the information being communicated is more likely to be understood, retained, and acted upon and the player is more likely to progress.

Coaching

Whole Child Sports

JANUARY 6, 2020

We do this because, as parents, we are our children’s first coaches. As our children grow into physically active, upright beings and we introduce them to sports, we pass the coaching baton to others, hopeful that while playing sports with their peers, our kids will be taught new skills, make friends, and develop a passion for exercise.

Coaching

The Sporting

MARCH 12, 2023

You'll leave your gymnastics class with a sense of accomplishment, lots of good vibes and the drive to achieve in whatever you do. The coach is actively involved in participation in the class, which is not that common in other sports. The support of a coach and teammates in gymnastics classes is guaranteed.

Flexibility

Stanford Childrens

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

A core team of caregivers helped Scott Garman overcome injuries and achieve his dream of becoming a D1 diver . When I first started diving, I wasn’t sure I wanted to keep doing it, but my coach said he could take me far. He’s a well-rounded diver who competes on all levels of springboard and platform.

High School

The Sporting

MARCH 24, 2023

They also show a healthy amount of their bodies as well! Following these fitness idols can help you achieve your own fitness goals. followers AKA, the body coach, Joe Wicks is one of the most popular fitness trainers out there. She helps people to set realistic fitness goals and shows them how to actually achieve them.

Fitness

MSU

APRIL 12, 2019

Assistant Professor and Coordinator of Sport Coaching and Leadership Online Programs. Perhaps the most important goal for coaches is developing the movement skills of their athletes. Perhaps the most important goal for coaches is developing the movement skills of their athletes. The answer is simple, right?

Coaching

Sports Coaching FAQ

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Sports coaching on a one-on-one basis can provide a fantastic opportunity to provide targeted advice and guidance to an athlete or player to support their development however, it can also bring with it drawbacks, particularly if the sport being coached one to one is a team sport. We will now examine each step in more detail.

Coaching

First Beat

JANUARY 10, 2023

We recently spoke with Vechta’s Performance Coach , Domenik Theodorou , to learn more about Firstbeat Sports’ role in decision-making in coaching, live monitoring, load management, and athlete buy-in. Despite being a small city of no more than 33,000 inhabitants, the city of Vechta is well known for its love for the game.

Sports

Stanford Childrens

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Since assuming her leadership roles at Stanford Medicine in 2016 (she’s also physician-in-chief at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford), Leonard has been figuring out how to achieve gender equity in the Department of Pediatrics. Division chiefs had different levels of leadership skill and ability to advocate for their faculty.

Academics

The Sporting

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Mavs head coach at the time, Rick Carlisle, said: "At one point, we thought there might be a slight chance Dončić could fall to us, but a couple of days ago it was pretty clear that there was no way that was going to happen. Top Achievements Two MVP awards, three All-NBA 1st Team selections, four All-Stars and one Olympic silver medal.

Achievement

Physical Education Update

AUGUST 27, 2022

Well no, not really.”. Once players achieve a certain skill level most people would have a difficult time in distinguishing the best in the world from the also-rans. “Because the players are better.”. How do you know the players are better?”. Because they get had paid more.”. Can you tell that the players are better just by watching?”.

High School

The Sporting

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Matt Claes is the head coach and founder of Weight Loss Made Practical - A personal coaching company that helps busy people lose weight and keep it off. For me the first and easiest tip for increasing accountability with your training is to hire a coach. I have over three years of experience coaching athletes. Scheduling.

Fitness

The Sporting

MAY 16, 2023

It wasn’t until the 90-91 season that Zidane started to become a regular at Cannes, showing glimpses of his incredible talent and helping them achieve their highest Ligue 1 finish by becoming 4th. Two goals in the final as well as an overall man-of-the-match display from Zidane helped guide his nation to an unprecedented victory.

Achievement

Heartzones

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Earning a full ride athletic scholarship to the University of Nevada-Reno, the authentic and funny Nicole Smith recalls, “My best achievements included being named the Gatorade State Player of the Year for Girls Basketball in Arizona 1987.”

Physical Education

PLT4M

MARCH 6, 2023

Adapted physical education and adapted physical activity programs play a critical role in promoting physical activity and overall well-being for individuals with disabilities. That means we must see this, as well as other research, as a direct call for inclusion for students with disabilities. In this article Alex X.

Physical Education