Athletes are exposed to various psychological and physiological stressors, such as losing matches and high training loads. Understanding and improving the resilience of athletes is therefore crucial to prevent performance decrements and psychological or physical problems. In this review, resilience is …

During intensified phases of competition, attunement of exertion and recovery is crucial to maintain performance. Although a mismatch between coach and player perceptions of training load is demonstrated, it is unknown if these discrepancies also exist for match exertion and recovery. Purpose: To determine …

The aim of the study was to investigate whether an increased risk of injury occurrence can be determined through frequent anthropometric measurements in elite-standard youth soccer players. Over the course of one season, we followed 101 male elite-standard youth soccer players between 11 and 19 years …

Physical and psychosocial stress and recovery are important performance determinants. A holistic approach that monitors these performance determinants over a longer period of time is lacking. Therefore this study aims to investigate the effect of a player’s physical and psychosocial stress and recovery …

INTRO: Tijdens voetbaltrainingen worden vaak kleine partijspelen gebruikt omdat verondersteld wordt dat ze de fysieke belasting van wedstrijden goed nabootsen. Fysieke belasting kan worden opgedeeld in interne belasting, oftewel de daadwerkelijke fysiologische belasting en in externe belasting, zoals …

Purpose Young soccer players need excellent tactical skills to reach the top. Tactical behavior emerges through interactions between opposing teams. However, few studies have focused on on-field tactical behavior of teams with talented soccer players. Therefore, this study aimed to determine teams’ tactical …

Een juiste verhouding tussen de trainingsbelasting en het herstel is cruciaal om prestaties te optimaliseren en overbelasting te voorkomen. Uit onderzoek blijkt echter dat de inspanning van trainingen zwaarder kan worden ervaren door spelers dan beoogd door de coach (Brink e.a. 2014). Of coaches in staat …

Inter-team behaviour in elite-standard youth soccer during small-sided games. Soccer is a complex game with interacting players and teams. Team members cooperate to score a goal and opponent players try to keep the opponent from scoring. Tactical team behaviour seems to interact with the opponent team …

(Tactical) representativeness of small-sided games for full-sized matches Presentatie: Invited symposium at the 19th annual Congress of the European College of Sport Science (ECSS) 2 - July 2014, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Tactische analyses van kleine partijspelen en echte wedstrijden. Small-sided …

Oranje, op weg naar topvorm: belasting en belastbaarheid in aanloop naar het WK. Presentatie tijdens symposium "The Road to Rio", waabij Football Science Groningen werd gelanceerd als onderdeel van Sport Science Instituut Groningen.