Monitoring the training process in team sportFrom description to prescription: Part 5 After the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, (inter)national football associations will strive to complete the 2019-2020 season in the next few months. Because the 2020-2021 season is already on its way, a high number of matches over a short period of time can…
Monitoring the training process in team sportFrom description to prescription: Part 4 In the previous blog post (link to blog), the relationship between load and performance was explained using the fitness-fatigue model of Banister et al. (1975). We discussed the benefits of performance modelling based on the balance between fitness and fatigue responses to training.…
Monitoring the training process in team sports From description to prescription: Part 3 Athletes train to improve their performance, thereby exposing themselves to physiological, biomechanical and psychological loads. These loads need to be periodised carefully to achieve the desired performance at the right time. While individual athletes often peak to a short(er) competition period, team…
Monitoring the training process in team sports From description to prescription: Part 2 In our previous blog post, we discussed the first stage of the monitoring process, description. Here, we focused on systematic data collection using different tools to describe the training process according to the framework of Impellizzeri and colleagues (2019). Although the proper…
Recently, one of our team members, Arne Jaspers, was invited to present at the 2nd International Football Congress 2019 of Atletico Nacional in Medellin, Colombia. During his talk, Arne outlined the process from descriptive to prescriptive data monitoring in team sports, focusing on the use of data to support decision-making in the training process.