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). This often involves long travel, jet lag, unfamiliar practice routines, and different playing conditions.

Conditioning

SHAPE America

OCTOBER 10, 2023

If we pause to take a panoramic view of our current landscape, we are reminded that our country has an obesity epidemic, rise in hypokinetic diseases, as well as mental health concerns. There are also a record number of kids with social-emotional-behavioral conditions. Over time, student health and well-being will develop as well.

Physical Activity

SHAPE America

APRIL 18, 2023

Every May, we celebrate physical educators and coaches — the “champions” who help kids gain the confidence, competence, and motivation to be physically active in school, before and after school, and for the rest of their lives. The week also serves as the kickoff to National Physical Fitness and Sports Month.

Motor Skills

Physical Education Update

AUGUST 14, 2022

As the scholastic sport season winds down, I’d like to post this message from a coach to his athletes. Circumstances beyond his control left Colin Ward, the head track coach at Lo-Ellen Park Secondary School, unable to attend the city championships with his athletes – athletes with whom he’d been working for months. That means…….

Coaching

AASP

MAY 21, 2024

2012) identified eight broad categories of athlete-specific stressors: Sport injury, performance demands, coach-athlete relationship, training adaption and burnout, interpersonal relationships, family relationships, and academic requirements (e.g., The research recognizes the subsequent impact on student-athletes’ wellness.

Wellness

First Beat

MARCH 7, 2023

The new Heart Rate Recovery (HRR) feature from Firstbeat Sports provides an additional tool for coaches to assess the status of their athletes, giving further insights into conditioning and recovery status. This likely means their conditioning has improved. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 32 (2), 326-333.

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Physical Education Update

AUGUST 26, 2022

Well it was an interesting weekend. A French exchange student who runs with our club (I coach at Laurentian University and with Sudbury’s Track North Athletic Club), received a true Canadian experience during the drive. For most, the worse the conditions, the more fun they have. Wasn’t there snow?”

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PLT4M

JANUARY 12, 2024

A well-structured strength and conditioning program can enhance strength, power, speed, agility, capacity, and endurance while reducing the risk of injury. This is where strength and conditioning templates come into play. For years, coaches managed their program design with Excel templates. Here are some advantages: 1.

Strength

PLT4M

JANUARY 18, 2023

Strength & conditioning classes are becoming a popular physical education offering. We take stories and insights from schools across the country to highlight 7 keys to successful strength and conditioning classes. Adam Hughes, high school PE teacher and strength coach, works with students in the wieght room during class time.

Strength

Physical Education Update

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Some of the National Football League games this weekend were conducted in blizzard conditions – it was exceptionally enjoyable watching them from in front of my fireplace on my LazyBoy chair. Youch – it made me shiver as I sipped my hot chocolate and put another log on the fire.

Motivation

Better Coaching

JANUARY 22, 2017

Youth sports coaches are the men and women who volunteer their time to teach our youth the many life lessons we can acquire through sports. However, my experience as a youth sports coach has allowed me to observe many coaches conducting practices, games, post-game speeches, and clinics. Really, coach? Wasting Time.

Coaching

First Beat

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

This break period allows teams to build their strategies, work with their conditioning elements and enables the players not playing for their national teams to recover from their demanding schedule. From a conditioning point of view the question arises: What should the teams and players consider to gain maximum benefits from the break?

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Heartzones

AUGUST 10, 2023

There is no possibility for self-pacing and personalization when heart rate responses are unknown and no data is available in student records for teachers, administrators, coaches, and students to reference. Documenting individual heart rate data for future reference is essential in physical education and sport workouts.

Physical Education

Heartzones

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Check out the heart rate graph, that displays the heart rate of two different high school students throughout her training protocols, which included strength training using a variety of unusual resistance devices, while also providing interval aerobic conditioning. Resistance training is good for the bone health as well as good for the heart.

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Whole Child Sports

MARCH 26, 2020

To wit, check out Bound Brook’s killa Coach Jen. And know this: Youth sports needs MORE WOMEN coaching girls. Which is not, in any way, shape or form, to suggest or insinuate that co-ed and boys teams (at the recreational and travel levels) do not sorely need more female coaches too: THEY DO. ¡Que viva la diferencia!

Wellness

PLT4M

JULY 22, 2022

Over the last 10 years, PLT4M has set out to change the game of physical education, athletics, and wellness for school districts all across the country. What started as a passion project for our two co-founders while they were teaching and coaching has since grown into a nationwide fitness and health movement.

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

Stanford Childrens

MAY 7, 2024

Her coach and her mother ran beside her. The lab team found that Medha may benefit from increasing her cadence (taking more steps per minute) to reduce the impact force when her feet hit the ground as well as improve her performance. My soccer coaches called me ‘slow bug.’ Instead of tapping out as 99.9%

High School

First Beat

MAY 9, 2023

Jesper Giller ås is the Strength and Conditioning Coach at Leksands IF , a Swedish ice hockey team competing in the SHL, Sweden’s top-tier league. Jesper’s Background: From Player to Coach Jesper’s passion for ice hockey runs deep, having played the sport himself before embarking on his studies in Sports Science in 2011.

Sports

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. Let’s say you’re a lacrosse coach teaching a player to shoot the ball on goal. How do you get the player to extend their arms more?

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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.

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Better Coaching

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

In today’s competitive sports environment, parents, coaches, and young athletes are increasingly pressured to focus on one sport from an early age. This can lead to conditions such as tendinitis, stress fractures, and joint degeneration at an age when young bodies are still developing.

Sports

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

Montessori Physical Education

APRIL 2, 2022

Split Squats where my knee goes well over my toe? I would like to say that the way he approaches strength and conditioning is the way I approach physical education. He doesn’t just advocate bending it a little, but full range of motion movements that would have made me cringe just thinking about them a year ago.

Coaching

PLT4M

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The purpose of this collaboration is to support physical education teachers and coaches to provide better access and inclusion for students with disabilities. . PLT4M, Lakeshore Foundation, & NCHPAD Working Together Every student deserves a chance to explore fitness, health, and wellness. Learn MORE.

Motor Skills

Stanford Childrens

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Xander’s heart didn’t grow well in the womb. It takes a lot of energy to maintain the body’s needs when the heart and lungs are not working well, and many infants with heart conditions can’t take in enough calories by mouth. Anderson was there 24/7 to coach the couple through health scares. Melissa was a great help.”.

Conditioning

First Beat

JANUARY 3, 2023

The team have been utilizing the Firstbeat Sports solution since Leonardo Manzano, Strength and Conditioning Coach and the CEO of Smart Training came on board two years ago. Leo’s Coaching Background – From Argentina to Germany. Leo’s Coaching Background – From Argentina to Germany. Getting to Grips With the Data.

Sports

First Beat

AUGUST 21, 2023

Strength and conditioning staff at one of Firstbeat’s customers emphasized that it’s all about building a culture within the building and getting your athletes to trust what you are asking them to do. If you found this article interesting, be sure to check out our free guides on athlete well-being and athlete training load.

Motivation

PLT4M

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

As coaches, we all want to win. While in-season, your athletes will adapt to the rigors of practices and games, often reaching peak physical conditioning for that sport. While in-season, your athletes will adapt to the rigors of practices and games, often reaching peak physical conditioning for that sport. This is dangerous.

Strength

MSU

OCTOBER 21, 2024

So, I enrolled at Concordia University Chicago to pursue a PhD in Health and Human Performance, and with it being a hybrid program, I also worked in corporate wellness, at a clinical exercise facility and obtained a full-time teaching position while completing my dissertation.

Nutrition

PLT4M

AUGUST 15, 2023

In many cases, a parent/guardian and athletic director/coach have to sign off on the waiver (example below). Statistics about the current state of child wellness. For example, a high school athlete can participate in a strength and conditioning elective. Example of Physical Education Waiver Form.

Physical Education

First Beat

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Marko Haverinen works for the Varala Sports Institute and is the Strength and Conditioning Coach at Tappara , a professional ice hockey team playing in Finland’s SM-liiga. Marko’s Background Marko’s journey in professional sports coaching began in 2005. Marko talks about why this decision was made. “

Strength

PLT4M

AUGUST 25, 2023

Five years ago, when Paul Russick took over as head football coach at Honesdale High School in Pennsylvania, he had aspirations for success on and off the football field. And like many football coaches, he looked at the weight room as an opportunity to help build the program. More teams and coaches carve out time during the season.

Middle School

PLT4M

APRIL 5, 2023

45 years later, the world of high school strength and conditioning has grown and evolved. And as more people saw the upside of weight training programs in the 70s and 80s, high school coaches also wanted to tap into the benefits of weightlifting for young athletes. 45 years later, we have come a long way!

High School

Better Coaching

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Whether you're a coach, player, or parent, it's crucial to recognize that everything leading up to varsity competition should be considered part of a grand design to build stronger, smarter, and more competitive athletes. Coaches at the youth level play a vital role in this development. And they sure ensure the sport is FUN!

High School

First Beat

APRIL 21, 2023

Firstbeat recently interviewed Gavin Benjafield, LAFC’s Performance Director , and asked him about the importance of internal load monitoring, his unconventional coaching team setup, and how he uses data to guide coaching decisions. before he joined LAFC in the US in 2018. before he joined LAFC in the US in 2018. “It

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The Sporting

MAY 15, 2024

However, Rhodes is well-versed in the field's intricacies. Brendon McCullum He set new standards for New Zealand cricket He has 453 dismissals as a wicketkeeper He’s currently head coach of the England cricket team in Test cricket Sadly, Brendon McCullum's illustrious international career has come to an end. 9473 101.1 1237 135.2

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