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latest articles

• Physical Benchmark: Keuken Kampioen Divisie & Tweede Divisie

  In this blog we describe a physical benchmark Kitchen Champion Division and Second Division amateur teams based on GPS player data

• Demcon acquires JOHAN Sports

  JOHAN Sports entered into a partnership with technology developer and producer Demcon for the development of the V5 GPS Tracking technology

• The impact of COVID-19 on football players and match performance

  What is the impact of COVID-19 on football? It is interesting to see how the physical performance of the players compares to their performance last year

• Weekly periodization schedule: challenging match schedules

  The basic principles of a weekly periodization schedule. Examples on how to distribute training load over the week depending on the match schedule.

• Tactical Periodization: the secret for every coach

  Tactical periodization is a periodization training method, developed by Vitor Frade for football teams or field hockey teams.

• HIIT Training: High-Intensity Interval Training

  Nowadays, high-Intensity Interval Training (HIIT Training) is viewed as one of the most effective ways of improving the endurance capacity of the players.

• Interval Shuttle Run Test: physical test for sports teams

  The Interval Shuttle Run Test (ISRT) is a widely used physical test for team sports players. Clubs ranging from amateur to professional levels use this test to get insights into the physical fitness of the players.

• JOHAN V5: Working with the JOHAN Sports Live GPS Tracking App

  The JOHAN Live GPS Tracking App enables real-time monitoring (during training sessions or match) of both live GPS and heart rate variables.

• JOHAN V5: Heart Rate Sensor Integration

  The new JOHAN V5 GPS sports tracker has an integrated heart rate sensor for combining GPS data and Heart Rate data in just one (1) sensor!