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• Pre-season: improving the endurance of your players

  After the summer break, and the corresponding decrements in physical fitness, the preparation period focuses on restoring the physical fitness of the players...

• 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?