This post summarises our new research, supported by FIFA, that provides physical performance testing benchmarks across different levels of participation in women's football.

This PhD Pinboard article by Georgia Brown tackles the complex, previously under-researched question of how the menstrual cycle affects elite female footballers' performance, recovery, and sleep.

This post discusses our new open access research article on data analytics practices and reporting strategies in football worldwide.

This article explores which sports science measures matter most in football (soccer).

This excerpt is taken from the VALD eBook 'Practitioner's Guide to Preseason', which covers the fundamentals of planning preseason.

This post delves into the benefits of incorporating heart rate technology and what this can look like in applied sports science.

Sports Scientist Ashmeet Anand demonstrates how interactive data viz, built using Tableau, enhances insights from sports science data.

Here we introduce our new publication in IJSPP: Predicting Soccer Players’ Fitness Status Through a Machine-Learning Approach

This blog post discusses the importance of proactive training load management in times of fixture congestion in professional team sports.

Here we discuss the Premier League Festive football calendar and consider the recovery and travel demands for each club.

This post explores the use of the minimum effort duration in GPS technology to define high-speed, acceleration and deceleration efforts.

With the 2022 FIFA Men's World Cup in Qatar over, we discuss how Premier League sports science staff can reintegrate their players.

Sports scientists want to unpack the black box in sports technology but how can this work with artificial intelligence (AI) data science?

Why context is key in sports science data, and therefore any AI system too. But we should beware when our so-called context becomes bias.

I'm excited to share a new review: Tracking Systems in Team Sports: A Narrative Review of Applications of the Data &Sport Specific Analysis

Five years on since we lost performance pioneer Nick Broad, Simon Austin at Training Ground Guru has shared two articles in tribute to him.

It has long been suggested that injury rates and player availability affect a team’s chance of success. Let's explore further.

FIFA has officially allowed GPS in competitive matches. What does this mean for player tracking in football?

Two years on from Nick’s accident, I wanted to mark the anniversary by sharing one of his articles. He wrote this article in 2004 but it...