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Fatigue in Beach Soccer

June 30, 2025 · 5 min read

Picture this: It’s the final session of a three-day training camp. The players are dragging their feet. One winces mid-sprint. Another yawns through warmups. As a coach or club leader, you’ve been here before—but how can you know if your players are truly overworked or just having an off day? New research from Portugal’s elite […]

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Analytics

Soccer Coaching and Player Development with Big Data

Soccer has always been a game of tactics and skill. However, with technological advancements, how we understand and analyze these tactics is undergoing a revolutionary change. The article Big data and tactical analysis in elite soccer: future challenges and opportunities for sports science from SpringerPlus dives deep into this transformation, presenting an exciting future for […]

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Strategy

Soccer Substitution Strategy: Maximizing Impact with Limited Substitutions

Soccer, a game of strategy and skill, often hinges on effective use of substitutions. For beginning coaches, understanding how to leverage substitutions, especially when limited to just five, is crucial. This blog will guide you through effective substitution strategies to maximize your team’s performance. Understanding the Importance of Substitutions Substitutions in soccer are more than […]

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Analytics

AI’s Role in Player Value and Development

Identifying and nurturing talent is crucial. The recent study, “Explainable Artificial Intelligence Model for Identifying Market Value in Professional Soccer Players,” offers a groundbreaking approach to this challenge, utilizing artificial intelligence (AI) to predict a player’s market value. This article, available on arXiv, is a fascinating read for anyone interested in soccer, AI, or the […]

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Development

Unveiling Soccer Talent Development: Insights from Systematic Research

The article “What do we currently know about the development of talent? A systematic review in the soccer context” delves into soccer talent development, offering valuable insights for coaches and player development experts. The systematic review categorizes existing research into four quadrants based on whether they are static or dynamic and inter- or intraindividual in […]

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Development

A Dive into Micro-Cycle Planning

Understanding the nuances of coaching strategies is pivotal for success. A recent study titled Comparison of Different Coach Competition Micro-Cycle Planning Strategies in Professional Soccer, offers invaluable insights into this aspect. Micro-Cycle Planning: A Key to Player Development A micro-cycle is essentially a short-term training plan, typically spanning a week, designed to balance various types […]

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