Reinventing the Game

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

My personal belief is that the younger the age group of learners, the more worthwhile to understand better the physiological processes at work within the learner and the behaviour exhibited in response to task and environment. Also recently, the strangle hold of fitness testing looms large in my professional life.

Physical Education

Physical Education Update

AUGUST 20, 2022

Unfortunately, the administrators who make educational policy are often academics with no grounding in physical fitness—their decisions are based on efficiency rather than sound physiological principles. Stewart, “Games children should play,” from Running Through My Mind, Victoria: 3S Fitness Group Ltd.,

Physical Education

First Beat

MAY 20, 2024

Firstbeat Sports provides valuable physiological insights into player development and the varying physiological demands across different age groups. We are particularly thrilled to extend our services to the U20 team, showcasing the club’s commitment to investing in the long-term development of young athletes.”

Sports

First Beat

JUNE 25, 2023

For Firstbeat, this integration with Sideline Sports enhances their customer experience further, helping to deliver physiological data to the whole coaching staff to use in decision-making processes and communications. This includes our metrics like Quick Recovery Test, TRIMP, Training Effect, and Movement Load.”

Sports

Reinventing the Game

AUGUST 11, 2024

There is no perfect lesson but perhaps a context best-fit one! The perfect-fit lesson perhaps exemplifies (represents the role of) to a larger extent the role of the learner in a learning process. Life-skills teaching especially, which to a large extent PE fits into, needs careful consideration of this.

Physical Education

First Beat

JUNE 21, 2023

Firstbeat Sports provides physiological insights on player development and physiological requirements in different age groups. We are particularly excited about the expansion of use to the U18 and U20 teams which shows the team’s commitment to investing in young athletes for long-term player development.

Physiology

First Beat

AUGUST 4, 2023

This integration will streamline the process of sharing our latest Firstbeat physiological performance insights such as Heart Rate Recovery or Movement Intensity with more members of the organization. We strongly believe that our latest technology offers numerous opportunities for coaches and players to optimize their performance potential.

Sports

The Sporting

JUNE 19, 2024

Poorly fitted football boots that aren’t designed with a woman’s foot, gait or body in mind are a problem. Both must be specifically fitted to each woman’s feet — and to the requirements for playing football. I believe the examination of that physiology should start with the feet and biomechanics.

Biomechanics

First Beat

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Firstbeat provides systematic information and support for players’ physical development as well as the physiological demands of different age stages, and can contribute to building the player’s path from a young athlete to a top-level hockey player,” Wenning added.

Sports

First Beat

MARCH 7, 2023

Instead a short Sub-Maximal Fitness Test (SMFT) can be performed in as little as 4-minutes, providing you with reliable data upon which to base your assessment of current performance levels (Scott, et al., 2016); an individual with greater cardiovascular fitness is able to recovery quicker than someone of lower fitness.

Coaching

First Beat

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Firstbeat’s internal load data offers coaches a detailed overview of training load, providing a more in-depth understanding of the physiological stress experienced by athletes during training sessions. About Sydney Swans The Sydney Swans are a professional Australian rules football club based in Sydney, New South Wales.

Physiology

PLT4M

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

This article will move through the five domains covered in the Guidelines Recommendations and Adaptations Including Disability (GRAIDs) to provide a comprehensive approach to ensuring your fitness center is accessible and welcoming to all individuals, including those with a disability. Consider all different types of disability.

Fitness

First Beat

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

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.

Fitness

My Zone

APRIL 15, 2025

As a personal trainer, your job is to ensure each client gets the best results based on their unique physiology and goals. Heart rate training is a powerful tool that allows you to train clients as individuals rather than using a one-size-fits-all approach.

Physiology

PLT4M

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Sleep Education In Schools Where do sleep lesson plans fit into the school day? Incorporating sleep lesson plans into PE and health is also a natural fit. And even if you aren’t a student-athlete, these benefits also help support our journey in fitness and physical activity. (5) Annual Review of Immunology, 37, 293-322.

Immune system

Heartzones

AUGUST 10, 2023

There are many differences in various fitness levels within one class in physical education, or in one sports’ practice. Fitness Technology Pioneer, Beth Kirkpatrick, at UCONN The heart rate sensor revolution began in 1982. There is no history of exercise intensities for physical education and sport in student records.

Physical Education

Reinventing the Game

APRIL 14, 2022

What process does Fig 1 best fits; 1) The teacher’s thinking process when approaching a learning design? This totally doesn’t explain whatever physiological/biological processes that needs to take place within the person in sync with its interaction of the world. Or is it vice versa? 2) Or is it better to consider the opposite flow?

Physical Education

First Beat

OCTOBER 26, 2022

The integration will allow a streamlined workflow for teams to share the physiological performance insights to all stakeholders within the organization. As the on-field performance is a mixture of technical, tactical and physiological aspects, it is important to have an ecosystem that helps the teams to manage the performance optimally.”. .”

Sports

First Beat

JUNE 10, 2024

On the partnership, Jyrki Aho , Head Coach at Kiekko-Espoo says: “Right from the beginning it was clear that the athletic requirement is much higher in the first league than in the second league and therefore we need to fit our tools to match those requirements. I have been using Firstbeat since 2006.

Sports

First Beat

APRIL 1, 2022

About Firstbeat: Firstbeat Sports is a single-platform athlete-monitoring solution that provides data on training loads, intensity, fitness testing, performance readiness, stress and recovery in one place. Over 23,000 athletes representing over 1,000 teams around the world rely on Firstbeat Sports for their advanced physiological metrics.

Sports

First Beat

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The first team squad and staff will have access to Firstbeat’s comprehensive physiological analytics and the Firstbeat Sports app and Sensor to help optimize player performance and recovery as they compete domestically and in the UEFA Champions League. About SS Lazio: SS Lazio is an Italian soccer club founded in 1900.

Sports

First Beat

MARCH 9, 2022

About Firstbeat: Firstbeat Sports is a single-platform athlete-monitoring solution that provides data on training loads, intensity, fitness testing, performance readiness, stress and recovery in one place. Over 23,000 athletes representing over 1,000 teams around the world rely on Firstbeat Sports for their advanced physiological metrics.

Sports

First Beat

MARCH 22, 2022

About Firstbeat: Firstbeat Sports is a single-platform athlete-monitoring solution that provides data on training loads, intensity, fitness testing, performance readiness, stress and recovery in one place. Over 23,000 athletes representing over 1,000 teams around the world rely on Firstbeat Sports for their advanced physiological metrics.

Sports

First Beat

JANUARY 15, 2024

In a 2021 scientific study, researchers compared the accuracy of a chest strap and a vest against a gold standard reference (clinical ECG monitor) for HR and HRV monitoring and analyzed the impact of their accuracy into accumulated physiological metrics TRIMP, EPOC, and EE used by coaches and athletes for training monitoring and planning.

Physiology

Teen Health 101

OCTOBER 14, 2023

Frame fitting Vision therapy ( , Paraoptometric - Health Professions Network ) A more detailed list is given in ( , What Is a Certified Paraoptometric Technician? A majority of optometrists utilize three or more paraoptometrics in the office. Basically, it includes a range of duties and skills carried out by paraoptometrics.

Physiology

First Beat

APRIL 19, 2024

Live monitoring provides real time data on athlete’s physiological responses to training which allows coaches to make immediate adjustments if necessary. Put simply, athletes vary in their response to training, meaning each individual possesses their own physiological fingerprint. Why is athlete real time monitoring important?

Physiology

First Beat

JUNE 6, 2022

Firstbeat Sports is a single-platform athlete-monitoring solution that provides data on training load, intensity, fitness, performance readiness, stress, and recovery to optimize performance, reduce injury risk and fast-track athlete development.

Sports

First Beat

AUGUST 21, 2023

In addition, I’ll provide some thoughts from practitioners working on the front-line in order to help your form your own ideas that fit the context of your specific group. Instead, I’ll take a look at some theory that I think is relevant and attempt to provide a framework for motivating your athletes to engage in the monitoring process.

Motivation

First Beat

JULY 19, 2023

About Firstbeat: Firstbeat is a leading provider of science-backed pro-grade physiological data and analytics for elite sports, working with 1,000+ teams around the world.

Sports

Learning Through Sport

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

It seems apparent that SSGs can be used as a deliberate pedagogy to elicit physiological responses for a training effect. Over the past 40 years there has been a lot of research into specific uses of SSGs resulting in a number of micro-pedagogies becoming identified.

Conditioning

First Beat

MAY 23, 2024

Investing in the athlete pathway is a crucial long-term investment, and for younger players, Firstbeat provides systematic information and support regarding players’ physical development and physiological requirements at various stages of growth.

Physiology

First Beat

JANUARY 4, 2024

Investing in the athlete pathway is a crucial long-term investment, and for younger players, Firstbeat provides systematic information and support regarding players’ physical development and physiological requirements at various stages of growth.

Physiology

A Positive Approach To Teen Health

MAY 31, 2022

“The physiological response to being outside in nature is real, and it’s measurable,” said Michelle Kondo, a research social scientist with the USDA Forest Service’s Northern Research Station. Studies have shown that being in nature can restore and strengthen our mental capacities, increasing focus and attention.

Psychology

First Beat

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Whether you’re a coach, a sports scientist, or a fitness enthusiast, understanding Lap Management can lead to more informed decisions, better performance, and winning strategies. Tracking the Conditioning state of the Individual/Team by Comparing the Same Drill/Exercise Over Time Incorporating sub-maximal runs and fitness tests.

Conditioning

Skillastics

JUNE 23, 2022

Physiological Connections A researcher at Columbia University , found direct connections between physical activity and brain health. Skillastics® has multiple solutions to fit your physical activity program needs. But the connection to how the brain and physical activity work together goes much deeper.

Movement

First Beat

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Internal training load during practice In a previous blog post , I explained how I use the Firstbeat system to track fitness trends in our players over time. From an internal training load perspective, everything seems to level out a bit—basketball practice comes with a smaller “price tag” as athletes have improved their fitness.

Psychology

PLT4M

JANUARY 25, 2024

. >>> Free Download: The Essential Guide To Teaching Weight Training The Pull – Foundational Human Movement For some reason, “Pulling”, as a fitness movement, is far less talked about than squats, presses, or a myriad of other bodyweight exercises. Next, remember that fitness is anything but linear.

Strength