Author: Pieter van der MeerJournal: Sport en Strategie (2026) – Dutch In a compelling feature by Sport & Strategie, researchers shed new light on how the hearts of female elite athletes adapt to intense training — and why those adaptations…
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 —…
Webinar: Firstbeat ↗️Guests: Jake Gillies ↗️ and Jonathan Ward ↗️ from Bristol Bears Rugby Club ↗️ Prepare Like a Starter: Bristol Bears’ Strategy for Elite Match Readiness Bristol Bears’ performance staff, Jake Gillis and Jonathan Ward, have revealed their “Prepare…
Author: Emma Brockwell et al and FIFPROJournal: British Journal of Sports Medicine (2026) Over the past decade, professional women’s football has evolved rapidly — yet postpartum return-to-play remains an underdeveloped area of practice. Traditionally, pregnancy and childbirth marked the end…
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no longer a distant future in sport — it’s here, and it’s already shaping the way coaches prepare athletes, performance teams make decisions, and athletes refine their craft. What was once confined to laboratories, wind tunnels,…
Authors: Chris Saward, Julie Johnston, James Brown, & Mustafa SarkarJournal: Journal of Sports Sciences (2025) AI generated summary (Claude Opus 4.1) “The authors conclude that a holistic, person-centred approach is vital for effective talent development.” Aim and Rationale This study…
Author: Floris WardenaarSource: LinkedIn ASU College of Health Solutions Celebrates 5 Years of Performance Nutrition Webinar Series Arizona State University’s College of Health Solutions is marking the fifth anniversary of its Performance Nutrition Webinar Series with a special lineup of…
Author: Rory Lambe et alJournal: Nature (2026) AI generated summary This study presents a living systematic review and meta-analysis evaluating the measurement accuracy of the Apple Watch across multiple health and fitness metrics. A total of 82 validation studies were…
Author: Yannik Guthard et alJournal: Nature (2026) AI generated summary This systematic review and meta-analysis investigated whether the risk of muscle injuries varies across phases of the menstrual cycle in eumenorrheic female team-sport athletes. Following PRISMA 2020 and PERSiST guidelines,…
Author: Jenny Murphy et al (2026)Journal: Sports Medicine AI generated summary This study investigated how replicable findings are within sports and exercise science, a field increasingly concerned with research reliability. Using a large-scale statistical approach, the authors estimated the proportion…
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Author: Arne Güllich et alJournal: Science (2025) AI generated summary This review synthesizes recent large-scale evidence on how world-class human performance develops across domains such as sports, science, music, and chess. Drawing on data from more than 34,000 international top performers,…
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Author: Damian J. Harper et alJournal: International Journal of Strength and Conditioning AI written summary Horizontal deceleration is a crucial locomotor skill in multi-directional sports, enabling athletes to reduce speed rapidly, change direction efficiently, and gain tactical advantages. Research shows…
AI generated summary: Training load is a key concept in elite sport, and can be divided into external load (e.g., distance covered, number of repetitions, wattage) and internal load (the athlete’s physiological & psychological response to that external load). The…
Link to the TGG podcast Guest on Episode #75 of the TGG Podcast, in association with Teamworks, is Merijn Zeeman. Merijn is the General Manager of AZ Alkmaar – a team that regularly compete at the top of the Eredivisie,…
Link to the article AI generated summary Wearables such as sports watches provide plenty of data on heart rate, sleep, and recovery — but their real value depends on how coaches interpret and apply this information.
𝗩𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗸𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗵𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗯𝗮𝗮𝗿 𝗲𝗻 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗯𝗮𝗮𝗿 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗻 “Iedere (jeugd)sporter krijgt te maken met tegenslag. Hoe je daarvan herstelt, bepaalt of je op (top)niveau kunt blijven ontwikkelen en presteren. Samen met FC Groningen, PSV en Vitesse Arnhem onderzochten we hoe een app/dashboard helpt…
De populariteit van meisjesvoetbal is gestegen, maar ook het aantal voorste kruisband blessures (VKB). We weten dat er een verband is tussen psychosociale factoren zoals dagelijkse problemen, positieve ervaringen, stress, herstel en het krijgen van blessures. Met dit onderzoek…