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: 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 —…
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…
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…
Author: Bas van Hooren Journal: SPORTgericht (2026) Dr. Bas van Hooren challenges the traditional distinction between acute and overuse injuries in sports. He argues that many injuries typically labeled as “acute” (such as hamstring tears or ACL ruptures) may in…
Author: Joshua Rice PhD et alJournal: Sport Performance & Science Reports (2026) The challenge the paper addresses In elite football squads, not all players experience the same match load.Starters accumulate large volumes of: Meanwhile, fringe players and non-starters can go…
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,…
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: Freja Lähteenmäki et alJournal: Sports (2026) AI generated summary This cross-sectional study examined the relationship between neurocognitive function and concussion history in professional women football players. Seventy-four players were recruited through FIFPRO and national unions, with 68 completing a…
UEFA has launched a new video and resource series called OWN IT, aimed at highlighting how science and research are improving women’s health in football. The initiative is part of UEFA’s broader Unstoppable women’s football strategy and focuses on key…
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,…
Lecturer: Anne Lembke, MDVideo: VPRO Tegenlicht This (Dutch) Tegenlicht documentary shows that dopamine is not about “happiness,” but about desire, motivation, and expectation. A key concept is neuroadaptation: the brain’s ability to adjust to repeated dopamine stimulation. When we constantly…
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…
Author: Jort Veen et al (2026)Journal: Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports AI generated summary This systematic review and meta-analysis examined the effects of cold-water immersion (CWI) on post-match recovery in trained soccer players. Ten randomized controlled trials…
Author: European Club Association (2025)Website: EFCfootball.com AI generated summary The Girls’ Development Pathway Analysis (2025), led by the European Club Association (ECA) in collaboration with Sportsology Group, provides the first comprehensive, Europe-wide review of how football clubs develop young female…
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,…
Author: Eva Ferrer (20205)Journal: Frontiers in Sports and Active Living AI generated summary The study investigated whether menstruation (early follicular phase) is associated with differences in injury incidence and severity in elite female football players over four competitive seasons. 👥…
Author: Jan Ekstrand et al Journal: The American Journal of Sports Medicine (2019) AI generated summary 🎯 Purpose To examine whether the number of preseason training sessions completed by elite European soccer teams is associated with: The dataset included 44…