Science of Football

Sports Scientist / S&C Coach at a Premier League football club. BSc. MSc.

[Science of Football @SportScienceTom]

@BrendanDWillis Agree. Could argue that the demands of the sport may lead to certain elements of strength being prioritised, but still achieved through conventional “traditional” strength training

[Science of Football @SportScienceTom]

@AlbertoFilter @JesusyOlivares @amolina_m @IrineuLoturco @marcmparera @AlfredoSantalla @jmolivalozano @bernarequena Yes please 🙋🏼‍♂️

[Science of Football @SportScienceTom]

@tomnoon89 Been fortunate to use @kanga_tech 360 and it does a great job of highlighting strength / asymmetry of hip & groin. Often players have strong adductors but poor strength / endurance of rotators. All contribute to pelvic stability in addition to adequate core str / endurance

[Science of Football @SportScienceTom]

@experimental361 No worries. Thanks and Merry Christmas!

[Science of Football @SportScienceTom]

I can’t thank @catapultsports enough for their support over the last 3 years. An incredible product, amazing customer service and most importantly, great people who are passionate about helping people to achieve their goals #Champions #Thankyou 🙌🏼

[Science of Football @SportScienceTom]

“Repeated lactate exposure from regular exercise results in adaptive processes such as mitochondrial biogenesis and other healthful characteristics such as improved metabolic flexibility” https://t.co/gH3lWpJyat

[JB Morin @jb_morin]

"Lactate review", 2020, by Georges Brooks ✅
https://t.co/PoUURTa1KE

[Science of Football @SportScienceTom]

@AllStatsArentWe @young_peacock @LUFCDATA @FocusOnLeeds @TheSquareBall @Blades_analytic @AlbionAnalytics @TPiMBW @DanielFMPro Perfect. I was unsure what I was looking at because of the way it was worded! Good work ⚽️⚽️⚽️

[Science of Football @SportScienceTom]

What is the best way to visualise / understand a players current physical training load at any one time, over the course of a season? Rolling avg/sum; A:C ratio (EWMA, daily, weekly); % of match, % max; % change between days / weeks? etc. #minefield

[Science of Football @SportScienceTom]

@CoachSlay_9 @ZachDechant What if field sport team training sessions are very sport & movement specific, & involve high velocity actions but are also very stochastic. What then is the best way to train the aerobic system?

[Jack Inman @5Jackinman]

Due to circumstances out of my control, my time at @buryfcofficial has come to an end. I’m now looking out for any new sports science/ S&C opportunities within football. Please RT or get in touch👍🏻⚽️

[Science of Football @SportScienceTom]

Do you use @catapultsports or @statsports GPS systems to monitor your training? If so, why do you use that particular brand and not the other? 💻 ⚽️ 🏃🏽‍♂️

[Science of Football @SportScienceTom]

FOOTBALL INTERNS - PAST & PRESENT: what was the best part of your internship? Interested to hear if the internship provided you with what you envisaged it would ⚽️

[Prof Ben Jones @23Benjones]

Nice to get this one accepted in @EJApplPhys - well done @NessanCostello (& @K_Deighton) - a great addition to the collision sport literature.

Big hits = high energy (to recover)... so eat well!

[Curt Taylor @Curt__Taylor]

@CatapultSports latest OpenField release (1.17) has some BIG updates:

📊 Absolute & Relative Velocity Bands

🏃🏽❤ % of Maximum Values: Heart Rate & Velocity

🛰GPS Quality Scores: Positional Quality, HDOP & Satellite Count

🇫🇷 🇪🇸 French & Spanish Language Translation

[Science of Football @SportScienceTom]

@RobertHeyworth @CatapultSports does this also apply to the higher sampling rate found in accelerometer derived data? (IMA)

[Science of Football @SportScienceTom]

@Dermot_Simpson @JanEkstrand UEFA Injury Study 2011 injury in matches sig. higher than in training 27.5 ± 10.8/1,000h v 4.1 ± 2.0/1,000h