First Beat

JUNE 17, 2025

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. Firstly is the time consideration. Special pricing available for fast action takers.

Fitness

First Beat

JUNE 26, 2025

The pre-season is a critical period as it focuses on building the physiological, psychological, and technical foundation from which peak performance is developed during the in-season.  It sets the tone for the rest of the campaign. If you get it wrong, you can spend months trying to catch up. But how do you know if players are adapting well?

Physiology

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). Ideally, this requires annual data for each player, as every athlete has a unique physiological fingerprint.

Conditioning

First Beat

JUNE 26, 2024

Four-time Swedish basketball champions Norrköping Dolphins have entered into a new three-year partnership agreement with Firstbeat Sports, giving them access to the most comprehensive physiological analytics in team sports. Before we decided to go with Firstbeat Sports we did our own research.

Physiology

First Beat

MAY 20, 2024

Firstbeat Technologies and elite Finnish ice hockey team KalPa have entered into a new three-year partnership agreement that will see the organization utilize Firstbeat Sports for their U20 team for the first time in addition to their men’s professional team.

Sports

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. The integration will allow a streamlined workflow for teams to share physiological performance insights to all stakeholders within the organization.

Sports

First Beat

AUGUST 4, 2023

Firstbeat is delighted to announce its recent API integration partnership with Stretch On Sense who provide active intelligence to elite sports teams via their innovative product, Hat-TriQ. About Firstbeat: Firstbeat provides advanced performance analytics for more than 1,000 sports teams around the world.

Sports

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. How about sport/game skills or abilities?

Physical Education

Physical Education Update

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

You may have been involved in a such a debate – whether your local government should invest in local sports facilities – perhaps to be housed on your school property. Our mayor, in my mind a forward-looking politician, proposed a multi-use sports facility and performing arts centre for our city of 155,000. Absolutely not.

Recreation

First Beat

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Firstbeat Technologies and ice hockey team Vaasan Sport have signed a three-year cooperation agreement. Vaasan Sport is a professional ice hockey team competing in the elite Finnish league, Liiga. The agreement sees Vaasan Sport investing in the development of both elite players and the U20 team using the Firstbeat Sports platform.

Sports

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. Existing customers can contact your account manager or sports@firstbeat.com to discuss your options further. Fuller, J.T.,

Coaching

Heartzones

AUGUST 10, 2023

The Urgency for Applying Individualized Instruction in Physical Education & Sports Fred Keller, (1964) introduced the “personalized system of instruction,” based on 9 accepted educational principles that have produced documented success. Applying the principles for intense exercise requires immediate feedback.

Physical Education

First Beat

DECEMBER 18, 2023

The Sydney Swans have entered a three-year partnership with Firstbeat Sports which will see them utilize the athlete performance management platform for its professional men’s team. There has been an increasing interest for accurate and actionable physiological data among professional teams in 2023 and that’s our specialty.

Physiology

First Beat

JUNE 21, 2023

Tappara’s pro team has already been a Firstbeat client since 2020, but with the new agreement, Tappara will also use Firstbeat Sports for use with their junior U18-U20 teams in addition to the league team. Firstbeat Sports provides physiological insights on player development and physiological requirements in different age groups.

Physiology

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. If block-scheduling is here to stay, intramural sports and after-school sports activities are crucial.

Physical Education

Physical Education Update

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

” Canadian Journal of Applied Physiology, 2004 Apr;29(2):90-115. tags]fitness,strategy,election, politicians,physical education,school,sports[/tags]. References: 1. Katzmarzyk, and Ian Janssen, “The Economic costs associated with physical inactivity and obesity in Canada: An Update.” Wolf and G.A.

Fitness

First Beat

MARCH 9, 2022

Firstbeat Sports will be participating in the Sports Conference, “Technology in Sports: How to Secure Peak Athletic Performance” , powered by Movella. Kinduct , a Firstbeat Sports API partner, along with Xsens are the main organizers of the conference.

Sports

First Beat

JUNE 2, 2023

In this Firstbeat webinar, special guest Matt Harder, Head Strength & Conditioning Coach at Minnesota Wild, will join us live to discuss how he uses Firstbeat Sports to help manage training load during the NHL season in order to maintain optimal performance, avoid injuries, and support long-term player development.

Physiology

First Beat

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Firstbeat is excited to announce a new multi-year agreement with SS Lazio that will see the Serie A side use Firstbeat Sports for another three years, following a successful partnership that began in 2020. The Italian club will continue to utilize the Firstbeat Sports athlete performance management platform until 2026.

Sports

First Beat

OCTOBER 26, 2022

On the partnership, Firstbeat’s Director of Sports, Veli-Pekka Kurunmäki , says: “Firstbeat Sports are delighted to integrate with Iterpro. The integration will allow a streamlined workflow for teams to share the physiological performance insights to all stakeholders within the organization.

Sports

First Beat

APRIL 1, 2022

Firstbeat Sports is attending this year’s National Conference of the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches association (CSCCa) on May 2-4, 2022. Over 23,000 athletes representing over 1,000 teams around the world rely on Firstbeat Sports for their advanced physiological metrics.

Sports

First Beat

JUNE 10, 2024

Through this agreement, Kiekko-Espoo will utilize the Firstbeat Sports Premium+ package to optimize their performance both on and off the ice. For me, it was very clear from the beginning that also at Kiekko-Espoo we need to take advantage of the physiological analytics of Firstbeat. I have been using Firstbeat since 2006.

Sports

First Beat

MARCH 22, 2022

Firstbeat Sports is participating in the first-ever Nordic Football Conference on May 11-12, 2022. Firstbeat Sports will also showcase our solution as part of the social program. The session will be led by Dr. Christoph Rottensteiner , Manager, Professional Sports Sales Europe at Firstbeat. Register for the conference!

Sports

Physical Education Update

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Take a quick gander at the products advertised in a respected physiology journal: “Inexpensive four-lane electronically speed-controlled treadmill for rats and mice.”. Or did they reveal their trauma, during psychotherapy, that because of their visual deficiency, they did not even realize they were gold!? What, no Stairmaster?

Phys Ed

First Beat

JUNE 6, 2022

The Bavarian Football Association (Bayerischer Fußball-Verband; BFV) has confirmed a partnership with Firstbeat Sports to use their athlete monitoring solution as part of their education system in the areas of training load and recovery management. The BFV is the largest of the 21 regional football associations in Germany, with more than 1.6

Sports

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.

Sports

Learning Through Sport

JANUARY 2, 2023

In youth sport, a mastery climate has been shown to promote higher levels of engagement (e.g., Curran et al.,

Physiology

Montessori Physical Education

JULY 10, 2022

From the variety of sports I played as a youth, I always figured out how to be good while not having to run too much. It was lifting weights that steered me towards a degree in kinesiology (specifically exercise physiology). Let me start this confession by saying that I have never really enjoyed running.

Cardio

First Beat

AUGUST 30, 2023

Welcome to the Firstbeat Sports Podcast where we talk with coaches and sports scientists to explore the latest in performance monitoring and how it is making a difference in NCAA and pro sports alike. in Physiology and more than 20 years of experience in sports science, technology, and performance.

Sports

Learning Through Sport

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

During the 1960s and 1970s, there were several publications explaining how to use them, reasons for their use, and their teaching benefits, particularly in the sport of soccer/football (see e.g. Wade, 1967; Worthington, 1974) where they were used to teach attack, defence and transition principles of play.

Conditioning

The Sporting

JUNE 19, 2024

There’s a rise in female footballers with ACL injuries — here’s why Football is a physically demanding sport that’s mainly played on the forefoot, with knee bent, and with every muscle surrounding the knee working hard. I believe the examination of that physiology should start with the feet and biomechanics.

Biomechanics

MSU

OCTOBER 21, 2024

By Lauren Secaras Michigan State University, Institute for the Study of Youth Sports As described by conflict scholars, “Conflict is normal, ubiquitous, and unavoidable. In sport, it is natural for competition to be present within teams, and obviously against opponents. Emotional flooding has physiological effects (e.g.,

Coaching

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. Verbal Persuasion.

Coaching

First Beat

JULY 19, 2023

The Athletik Konferenz is one of the most important cross-sports events in Europe for competitive sports, focusing on new and innovative training approaches as well as new methods, concepts, and philosophies. The post Firstbeat Sports Team Attending 2023 Athletik-Konferenz appeared first on Firstbeat.

Sports

PLT4M

DECEMBER 14, 2023

By addressing sleep education within the context of physical education and health, students not only learn about the physiological benefits of sleep but also understand its relevance to their athletic performance, mood regulation, and overall lifestyle. European Journal of Sport Science, 13(3), 403-419. Sources: 1. Stickgold, R.

Immune system

First Beat

APRIL 4, 2024

Discover key strategies and insights on progressively training young athletes to thrive under the intense demands of elite-level sports. During the webinar, we’ll discuss: Progressive Training: Learn how to strike a balance in training intensity, ensuring steady growth without overloading young athletes.

Physiology

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.

Fitness