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Preseason Testing Objectives in Team Sports

This excerpt is taken from the VALD eBook 'Practitioner's Guide to Preseason', which covers the fundamentals of planning preseason.

The Forgotten Role of Heart Rate in Athlete Load Monitoring

Jo Clubb

7 min read

Technology

The Forgotten Role of Heart Rate in Athlete Load Monitoring

This post delves into the benefits of incorporating heart rate technology and what this can look like in applied sports science.

Sports Science Analytics: Career Development with Python and Tableau

Guest

5 min read

Sports Science Analytics: Career Development with Python and Tableau

Sports Scientist Ashmeet Anand demonstrates how interactive data viz, built using Tableau, enhances insights from sports science data.

Predicting Soccer Players’ Fitness Status Through a Machine-Learning Approach

Jo Clubb

2 min read

Predicting Soccer Players’ Fitness Status Through a Machine-Learning Approach

Here we introduce our new publication in IJSPP: Predicting Soccer Players’ Fitness Status Through a Machine-Learning Approach

Monitoring Readiness in Female Footballers

Jo Clubb

2 min read

Monitoring Readiness in Female Footballers

Our new publication Monitoring Readiness to Train and Perform in Female Football: Current Evidence and Recommendations for Practitioners

Moving from Reactive to Proactive Training Load Management

Jo Clubb

4 min read

Moving from Reactive to Proactive Training Load Management

This blog post discusses the importance of proactive training load management in times of fixture congestion in professional team sports.

Analysing the Premier League's Festive Fixture Calendar

Jo Clubb

2 min read

Analysing the Premier League's Festive Fixture Calendar

Here we discuss the Premier League Festive football calendar and consider the recovery and travel demands for each club.

Defining high-speed, acceleration, and deceleration efforts in sport

Jo Clubb

4 min read

Defining high-speed, acceleration, and deceleration efforts in sport

This post explores the use of the minimum effort duration in GPS technology to define high-speed, acceleration and deceleration efforts.

Managing World Cup Fatigue in the Premier League

Jo Clubb

4 min read

Managing World Cup Fatigue in the Premier League

With the 2022 FIFA Men's World Cup in Qatar over, we discuss how Premier League sports science staff can reintegrate their players.

Black Box Transparency in Sports Science

Jo Clubb

7 min read

Black Box Transparency in Sports Science

Sports scientists want to unpack the black box in sports technology but how can this work with artificial intelligence (AI) data science?

Working Around the World as a Sports Scientist

Jo Clubb

1 min read

Working Around the World as a Sports Scientist

Jo recently joined the Leave Your Mark podcast to reflect on her sports science career, working abroad, becoming a consultant, and more.

Why Context is a Must in Sports Science AI

Jo Clubb

8 min read

Why Context is a Must in Sports Science AI

Why context is key in sports science data, and therefore any AI system too. But we should beware when our so-called context becomes bias.

Tracking Systems in Team Sports: A Narrative Review

Jo Clubb

2 min read

Tracking Systems in Team Sports: A Narrative Review

I'm excited to share a new review: Tracking Systems in Team Sports: A Narrative Review of Applications of the Data &Sport Specific Analysis

Measurement properties in standardised soccer games

Jo Clubb

3 min read

Measurement properties in standardised soccer games

Measures of distance and "PlayerLoad" demonstrated good reliability on a group level across trials of standardised football training games

Talking EPL - NHL - NFL on the Pacey Performance Podcast

Jo Clubb

1 min read

Talking EPL - NHL - NFL on the Pacey Performance Podcast

I recently had the privilege of being invited onto the Pacey Performance Podcast. Among many topics, Rob and I discussed the benefits of...

A Standardized Small Sided Game Can Be Used to Monitor Neuromuscular Fatigue

Jo Clubb

2 min read

A Standardized Small Sided Game Can Be Used to Monitor Neuromuscular Fatigue

I am pleased to share this new publication in Frontiers led by Amber Rowell. Using the training environment as a testing setting is an...

Jo Clubb

1 min read

Remembering Nick Broad

Five years on since we lost performance pioneer Nick Broad, Simon Austin at Training Ground Guru has shared two articles in tribute to him.

… But Does Injury Availability Affect your Team’s Physical Outputs?

Jo Clubb

2 min read