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• Do players need to train during the summer break?

  What is the impact of the 4-week holiday break on the physical status of the players? And what is needed to minimalize the negative effects of the summer break?

• Women’s football is challenging in a different way: the data behind it

  How often have we been discussing the differences between men and women’s football?

• The risk of growth spurt for talented players

  What are the risks of the growth spurt for talented players? And how can you deal with the consequences as a trainer or coach?

• Physical demands specific to playing position

  Next to differences in technical and tactical demands between playing positions, physical demands are different as well...

• Physical demands from youth level to professional level

  Are the best players now, also the best players in 5 years? To put the physical performance of players into context, we provide benchmarks for youth teams...

• KV Mechelen has been promoted and wins the Belgian Cup! How did player data contribute to this?

  How has JOHAN contributed to the team performance of KV Mechelen?

• Internal and external load: The power of integration

  How does the integration of the GPS variables with measures of perceived training load results in new insights?

• Planning ahead using positional data

  How can you plan ahead using positional data of the players?

• Training load monitoring: how can I easily monitor my team with subjective data?

  The subjective data gives you valuable feedback on whether the planned training intensity was reached and it can inform you about the ideal training load.