Reflections on CMJ Variability After Matches: What Science and Practice Show
In high-performance football, monitoring player responses to matches is essential for managing load, guiding recovery, and minimizing injury risk. A recent study by Mohr, Bishop & Dal Pupo (2025) published in Sport Sciences for Healthadds strong evidence that countermovement jump (CMJ) metrics are sensitive markers of post-match neuromuscular fatigue. The study tracked 30 professional soccer […]
Using VALD Technology in Football Teams – Part 4 – NordBord
In the past three blogs, we explored the role of VALD technology in football, from jumping metrics to return-to-sport testing. Now, it’s time to shift the spotlight to one of the most talked-about muscle groups in the game: the hamstrings. We’ve all read the literature. The connection between high-speed running, sprinting actions, and hamstring injuries […]
Examining the Relationship Between Sprint and Endurance Performances, Distances Covered During the Season, Positional Roles, and Success in Women’s Football Players
Source: Journal of Athletic Performance and Sports Medicine, Vol. 1, No. 1 (2024), pp. 34–43 Why This Matters for Modern Women’s Football Women’s football has entered a phase of rapid development — not only in visibility and professionalism, but also in the scientific understanding of performance. As matches become faster, more tactical, and physically demanding, […]
Profiling Senior Soccer Players Using a Quadrant Model: Integrating Concentric Impulse and Eccentric Braking Impulse from CMJ Testing
In this article, we introduce a quadrant model that leverages two key force-time metrics from countermovement jump (CMJ) testing — concentric impulse (CI) and eccentric braking impulse (EBI) — to create a functional profile of senior soccer players. Force profiling allows us to move beyond general metrics and look at how athletes express force. As […]
Performance Assessment of U15 Elite Youth Female Football Players – Case Study with VALD Technology – Part 3
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 countermovement jump (CMJ) and other key variables that i like to check in. Now, in Part Three, I’ll share findings from a case study conducted with Women’s Football Club Dinamo. The study focuses on elite youth female players and uses VALD […]
Using VALD Technology in Football – Part 2 – Preseason and Countermovement Jump
The first part highlighted how VALD technology, such as force plates and the Nordboard, helps us assess, plan, and monitor players effectively during the offseason. By combining early testing, embedded assessments, and personalized training plans, we ensure players are ready for the demands of preseason. In Part 2, we’ll focus on specific variables these tools […]
The Biomechanics of Deceleration: The Battle of Your Body Against Mass x Velocity
So, you have this athlete who is very fast at accelerating, but when it comes to changing direction or stopping according to the demands of the game, they turn out to be slow and inefficient. Maybe the reason lies in their biomechanical qualities. Deceleration is just as important as acceleration in sports and movement. Whether […]
Entrenamiento pliométrico en superficies blandas
Plyometric training is a method within strength training (1,2) that is beneficial due to the short time required to apply force, similar to sports actions (1,3,4). However, not all surfaces generate the same responses. In this article, we will explore how sand and water affect jump mechanics, their benefits, and which types of athletes may […]
Sistemas de programación adaptables
WHAT does Adaptability Mean? Adaptability is being able to adjust to any situation at any given time – John Wooden Consider this quote from legendary American basketball coach John Wooden and reflect on your systems as a strength and conditioning coach. Ask yourself, if you had to move to a new organisation or sport tomorrow, […]
Programa de hipertrofia de glúteos - Su movimiento Desarrollo muscular
Why Are Gluteal Muscles So Important? The gluteal muscles—gluteus maximus, gluteus medius, and gluteus minimus—are among the most powerful and functional muscles in the human body. Their role goes far beyond aesthetics. Well-developed and properly functioning glutes are essential for movement, posture, stability, and overall performance. Here’s why glutes matter: 1. Core Movement & Strength Glutes […]
