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This week is full of high-level football education: three days with UEFA Pro lecturers, followed...

In high-performance football, monitoring player responses to matches is essential for managing load, guiding recovery,...

In the past three blogs, we explored the role of VALD technology in football, from...

Source: Journal of Athletic Performance and Sports Medicine, Vol. 1, No. 1 (2024), pp. 34–43...

In this article, we introduce a quadrant model that leverages two key force-time metrics from...

Welcome back! In the last two parts of this series (https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/using-vald-technology-footballpart2-preseason-jump-marko-matušinskij-opdqf/?trackingId=RGOw4GYRTdahSzj2sPIbkg%3D%3D), I talked about the...

The first part highlighted how VALD technology, such as force plates and the Nordboard, helps...

So, you have this athlete who is very fast at accelerating, but when it comes...

Plyometric training is a method within strength training (1,2) that is beneficial due to the...

WHAT does Adaptability Mean?   Adaptability is being able to adjust to any situation at any...

Why Are Gluteal Muscles So Important? The gluteal muscles—gluteus maximus, gluteus medius, and gluteus minimus—are...

Mentorship Programs A few weeks ago, we kicked off our mentorship program for coaches who...

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