First Beat

MAY 29, 2023

Coaching a sports team requires careful management of training, player performance, and recovery. One powerful tool that coaches can rely on is Firstbeat Sports. In this article, we will explain how coaches can leverage Firstbeat Sports to make informed coaching decisions on a daily, weekly, monthly, and annual basis.

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First Beat

JUNE 25, 2023

Firstbeat is delighted to announce its recent API integration partnership with Sideline Sports which provides a complete software solution for more than 2,000 sports clubs globally. This includes our metrics like Quick Recovery Test, TRIMP, Training Effect, and Movement Load.”

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Learning Through Sport

JULY 11, 2023

AI and sport teaching and coaching. Teachers and sport coaches already have the opportunity to enrich the information-feedback environment in PE and sport coaching using video replay and apps like coaches eye. AI makes it possible.

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Whole Child Sports

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

This safe and fun balance-trainingdevice helps a child develop body awareness, core strength, and rotational movement. In addition, the boards replicate board sports (skateboarding, snowboarding, surfng) movements. Tennis balls can be used in extensive hand/eye coordination drills for various sports. Vew-Do NUB Boards.

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Learning Through Sport

JUNE 3, 2023

Youth sport retention is a critical issue for many reasons. Sport can provide children with valuable life skills such as teamwork, discipline, and goal setting. Sport can help children develop a sense of belonging and identity. Regular physical activity is essential for children's health and well-being. MacDougall et al.,

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Player Development Project

MARCH 31, 2020

In this Masterclass Discussion, PDP Editor, Dave Wright sits down with Parkour coach, Ben Westbook and physiotherapist Jade Martin. Ben and Jade are experts in human movement and in this conversation we discuss injury prevention, functional movement, integrating variety into sports programs, specialisation and more.

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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. All the coaches are passionate about what we do– getting them out of the practice gym is tough! A Lean System.

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PLT4M

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

The debate surrounding sport specific training has persisted for decades. For a long time, it was thought that training had to be specific to sport and position. Instead, let’s unpack what athletes and coaches WANT, and the best means of accomplishing it given the context of middle and high school sports.

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Learning Through Sport

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Small sided games (SSGs) have been part of the coaching lexicon for decades. It is therefore difficult to generalise the value of SSG for sport coaching or sport teaching in PE, when there is an absence of research into the use of SSGs in most game categories and in general, most sports.

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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.

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Learning Through Sport

JANUARY 30, 2021

Published 12/03/2012 Updated 30/01/2021 In my role as a teaching and coaching 'academic' I get to see a lot of physical education and sport teaching/coaching, at both primary and secondary school level and in community coaching settings. But this is leaving player development to chance.

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Learning Through Sport

OCTOBER 10, 2021

In a previous blog (available here ) I considered the idea of meaningful understanding of sport using a game based approach. In this blog, I explore the concept of meaningful sport further. Sport is a highly valued social activity. Sport as useful. Sport as understood. Sport as enjoyed. Utility argument.

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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.

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SHAPE America

AUGUST 1, 2023

Consistency is a compounding effect; everyone in the fitness, training, coaching industry knows that, but parents, admin, students don’t always grasp that. Grade 7 seems really interested in autonomy over sporting game decisions, grade 8 not so much? It was written by Teofe Ziemnicki, Head of Sport Science.

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Aspire-Ed

MARCH 27, 2024

We are thrilled to announce that following an extensive quality assurance check by CIMSPA (Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity) — Aspire Training Solutions and Aspire:ED has been awarded “ Enhancing ” status—the highest level of quality ratings that an education provider can achieve.

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Learning Through Sport

MAY 18, 2021

Sport is dynamic and complex play. constructivism and complex learning) relevant to sport coaching have been used to suggest that it is preferable to retain the logic of play by simplifying the representation of the game as the focus if not the majority of the learning to play experience, especially with novices.

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Changing the Game Project

APRIL 23, 2024

” She always made sure that sport never defined who I was, yet always allowed it to be something I did. When I wanted to try a new sport, she figured out how we could make it happen. When I was getting frustrated at my old sport, she would say “I understand that you are frustrated. Let’s go get ice cream!

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First Beat

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

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). In professional sports, you constantly look for signals. Before his current role, Domenik also worked at Bamberg Baskets and BG Göttingen.

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First Beat

MARCH 28, 2024

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). The notable change in this phase involves the addition of an assistant coach who enhances the technical and tactical demands.

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Reinventing the Game

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

This means that precise movements are needed in push-ups and sit-ups to trigger the automatic count. How about sport/game skills or abilities? Also an important reality, the need for precision KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) like obesity direction, sports participation and fitness levels.

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Learning Through Sport

JULY 13, 2021

There are many versions of game-based approache s to sport teaching and coaching. place less emphasis on the development of specified techniques and more emphasis on adaptive movement responses; and 4. constrain/condition and shape the game behaviour of players to focus the tactical and technical learning intention; 2.

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The Sporting

MARCH 12, 2023

But there is no such thing as ‘too late’ in this sport! Gymnastics has a number of health advantages and it may be the best sport to do if you want to get fit and active, even in your advancing years. If that’s not convinced you to try out this wonderful sport, let's continue by discussing all the benefits of gymnastics for adults.

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Learning Through Sport

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

GBAs provide an alternative to the technical orientated ‘behavourist’ teaching and sport coaching which is based on a dominance of direct instruction for replication of prescribed movement models (Pill & Hyndman, 2018): what Tinning (2010) described as demonstrate-explain-practice.

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Montessori Physical Education

APRIL 2, 2022

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. Even though my knees feel 100x better, whether I need it or not, I will subscribe as a thank you for all he has done for me. His approach is simultaneously novel and a no-brainer.

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The Sporting

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Padel Power: Sandy Farquharson From The Padel School Talks to The Sporting Blog Padel continues to grow at breakneck speed, with people taking up the game every day, as clubs add Padel courts to their facilities. Different sports bring their habits to the court. This got even more difficult the more you improved.

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Physical Education Update

MARCH 4, 2023

We were finally the recipients of a beautiful, sunny Spring day, and, track coach that I am, it was time to rejoice. But in it’s essence, sport is really just play. And the joy that comes with movement, and being fit and interacting in a physical way with nature. After endless hurdle drills on linoleum and cement.

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Learning Through Sport

JUNE 4, 2022

The rationale for this spend is improvement in student outcomes (teacher PD) and player outcomes (coach PD). How do we address the decline in general movement ability? It 'paints a picture' of countries like Australia confronting a movement ability 'crises'. Recently, the Active Healthy Kids Alliance released Global Matrix 4.0.

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Whole Child Sports

JANUARY 6, 2020

Question: I like the idea of being my child’s first coach, but I have no experience whatsoever. Discussion: Your child is embarking on a movement experience. It’s experimental, and you can discover the wonders of sports alongside your child. Play, games, and sports are all about developing connections. How do I do it?

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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?

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The Sporting

APRIL 3, 2024

Sports like American football can cause regular injuries if you don’t look after yourself properly. Why Injury is Common in Sports Injuries are an unfortunate reality in the world of sports, and there are several reasons why they occur so frequently. Work with a coach or trainer to ensure you're using the correct mechanics.

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SHAPE America

APRIL 18, 2023

SHAPE America’s National Physical Education & Sport Week (May 1-7) is a celebration of the importance of physical education and sport in the lives of kids of all ages. The week also serves as the kickoff to National Physical Fitness and Sports Month. Be creative and include them in games and movement challenges.

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SHAPE America

MAY 23, 2023

It came with a top-notch Bluetooth speaker, subscription to the service, and the Billie Jean King Eye Coach (think batting tee for tennis). You may have seen or heard of schools that have large projector screens with sensors that detect and register movement from a student. Additionally, the USTA introduced me to PHIT America.

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Open Phys Ed

MARCH 21, 2023

Manipulative Skills: (Grade 6-8) Refines manipulative skills to improve performance in dance, fitness, and sport activities. Locomotor Skills: (Grade 6) Safely and purposefully uses mature locomotor skills in rhythms and patterns in dance, fitness, and sport environments.

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PLT4M

JANUARY 12, 2024

For years, coaches managed their program design with Excel templates. With Excel, coaches could write training programs with exercises, sets, reps, and percentages. Because of this, many coaches transitioned to Google Sheets as technology evolved. Here are some advantages: 1.

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First Beat

MARCH 7, 2024

In the world of competitive sports, every advantage counts. In this interview, Chris Köller , Athletic Strength and Conditioning Coach at BC Pharmaserv Marburg , a women’s first-division basketball team in Germany, talks to us about how he got started with Firstbeat and how he uses it with his athletes.

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PLT4M

APRIL 17, 2023

Historically, sport coaches and strength coaches have worked with high school athletes, but now physical education teachers are getting involved. Hopefully, there are qualified coaches who can assist in this, but this isn’t always the case at the high school level.

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Player Development Project

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Ensuring the physical development of young players is one of many coaching challenges we face when working with young people. In this Masterclass Discussion, PDP Co-founder Dave Wright hosts two top experts in athlete development and human movement.

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