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Why Implement Fitness Testing in Elite Sport? A Breakdown for Coaches

First Beat

In this article, Firstbeat’s Sport Scientist Graham Stark explains the importance of conducting regular fitness tests with your athletes, the differences in maximal and submaximal fitness testing, and how Firstbeat’s new fitness testing feature works. Why Do Submaximal Fitness Testing? Firstly is the time consideration.

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New Heart Rate Recovery Feature from Firstbeat Sports Provides More Insights for Coaches

First Beat

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. 2016), helping you keep track of athletes conditioning without having to spend valuable training time on maximal testing protocols.

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High School Strength and Conditioning Curriculum

PLT4M

Therefore, high school strength and conditioning curriculum plays a pivotal role in students’ long-term development in physical education. This article explores specific programs and approaches for the different levels of students in a high school strength and conditioning program.

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Small Sided Games as a sport coaching training and conditioning tool

Learning Through Sport

It seems apparent that SSGs can be used as a deliberate pedagogy to elicit physiological responses for a training effect. The instructional consideration arising from this is that coaches are able to purposefully frame the dimensions of the playing field to teach for specific tactical outcomes and/or train for specific conditioning effects.

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The Urgency for Applying Individualized Instruction in Physical Education & Sports

Heartzones

How can effort be evaluated without heart rate technology which can be used to provide all students with immediate feedback to provide individualization for exercise conditioning? There are many differences in various fitness levels within one class in physical education, or in one sports’ practice.

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How I Use Firstbeat in Professional Sports to Identify Trends in Players’ Fitness

First Beat

In this article, Domenik shares practical advice and tips on using Firstbeat to help identify trends in player fitness. In this blog post, I will explain how we can employ different Firstbeat parameters to recognize and track players’ fitness trends from the pre-season until the end of the competition.

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Why Female Footballers Suffer More Knee Injuries Than Men

The Sporting

Poorly fitted football boots that aren’t designed with a woman’s foot, gait or body in mind are a problem. Good muscle strength can be aided by good conditioning and stretching sessions, but don’t forget that muscles are still susceptible to pain, fatigue and injuries. So, Why Do Female Footballers Suffer More Knee Injuries Than Men?