Author: Daniel Snape et alJournal: SportRixv (2026) Traditional international tournaments are typically held within a compact geographical footprint, exposing competing squads to uniform weather patterns and minimal environmental variation. The 2026 FIFA World Cup completely disrupts this norm. Spanning three…
Author: Julen Castellano et al.Journal: Sensors (2026) Every Monday morning, coaches and physical trainers face the same mountain of GPS data. We look at total distance, high-speed running (HSR), and sprint counts. But as we recently discussed, evaluating these physical…
Authors: İsmail Çiçek, Cenab Türkeri, Barış Gürol, Martin Buchheit Source: Sports Performance & Science Reports (2026) The Core Dilemma: When Should Players Rest? In elite professional soccer, planning the weekly competitive microcycle (the days between matches) dictates both player availability…
Author: Ludwig Ruf et al.Journal: International Journal of Sport Science and Coaching (2026) A Long-Term Study of Sprint Speed Development (U12–U19) It is a common belief in soccer academies that “speed is a gift you’re born with.” We often assume…
Author: Matthias Boeker et al.Journal: Nature (2026) The “REST” study (2026) offers a deep dive into the sleep habits and recovery of elite female football athletes. By tracking 21 professional players over 17 days using both sensors and daily logs,…
Author: Carlos Galiano de la Rocha et al.Journal: Biology of Sport (2026 – 43) While winning and playing at home drive the highest sprint demands, facing elite opponents counterintuitively results in a more fluid but less sprint-intensive game. Key Takeaways…
Author: Ludwig Ruf et al.Journal: Sportperfsci (2026) The ability to modulate running speed is a foundational skill in football. Whether it is a physiotherapist prescribing a “70% linear return-to-run” session or a coach structuring a “low-intensity” tactical warm-up, we assume…
Author: Thomas Little & Martin BuchheitJournal: Sportsmith (2026) As we lean more on technology to guide our training, we risk becoming “slaves to the norms” — sacrificing athletic potential for the comfort of a green light on a dashboard. It’s…
Author: David Lobo Triviño et al.Journal: Sports Medicine – Open (2026) As soccer schedules become increasingly packed, coaches at the highest level face a perennial dilemma: how to manage player load without sacrificing performance. A landmark 2026 study published in…
Author: Jo Clubb Source: YouTube (2026) This video from Global Performance Insights provides a comprehensive guide on how to use the Smallest Worthwhile Change (SWC) to interpret athlete monitoring data. It moves beyond traditional P-values to focus on practical, meaningful…
Source: HIITscienceHosts: Dr. Martin Buchheit & Paul LarsenGuest: Professor Jean Benoit Morin This video, titled “Go Hard to Go Fast – New Age Sprint Training,” features a deep-dive conversation between hosts Dr. Martin Buchheit and Paul Laursen with Prof. Dr.…
Author: André Rebelo et al.Journal: Sports Medicine (2026) The paper titled “Monitoring Training Effects in Athletes: A Multidimensional Framework for Decision-Making” (2026) by Rebelo et al. provides a comprehensive, practical framework for using athlete monitoring to support training and recovery…
Author: Robert Percy Marshall et alJournal: Applied Sciences (2024 – 14) In high-performance sports, monitoring workload is essential to maximize performance and minimize injury risk. One of the most common methods used is the Acute-to-Chronic Workload Ratio (ACWR). But is…
Author: Craig MushamJournal: Sportsmith This article breaks down the sophisticated physical demands of modern goalkeeping and explains how to build a Strength & Conditioning (S&C) program that actually supports those demands rather than just mimicking outfield training. Summary: The “Goalkeeper-Specific”…
Author: Mauro Mandorino et al.Journal: Applied Sciences – 2026 (16) The Problem: The “60-Minute” Guesswork Coaches often ask, “How many minutes does he have in him?” especially when a player is returning from injury or has had a congested fixture…
“Winning teams don’t run more — they run smarter.” Author: Tom Allen et al.Journal: Biology of Sport (2026 – 43) This study analysed 1675 Premier League matches across five seasons (2019–2024) using precise optical tracking data (Second Spectrum). The goal:…
En aansluitende podcast met Tom Stevens: In aflevering #59 van de podcast ‘In de dugout‘ in gesprek met Tom Stevens. Hij is Head of Performance bij Inmotio / USF Sport. In het verleden heeft hij gewerkt voor onder meer Ajax…
Author: An‑Marie Schyvens et al.Journal: Sleep Advances (2025 – 6) This study evaluated the accuracy of six popular consumer wrist-worn sleep-tracking devices: Fitbit Charge 5, Fitbit Sense, Withings Scanwatch, Garmin Vivosmart 4, Whoop 4.0, and Apple Watch Series 8 —…
Author: Eline M Nijmeijer et alJournal: Journal of Sport Sciences (2026) Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries remain a major concern in female football, particularly among youth players who show the highest injury rates in sport. Traditional prevention programs have improved…
Author: Martin Buchheit et alJournal: Sport Performance & Science Reports (2026) The article “GPS 3.0: From Distance into Zones Toward Better Proxies of Internal Neuromuscular Load in Elite Football” critically examines the current use of GPS-based external load metrics in…