• Predicting peek readiness-to-train of soccer players using long short-term memory recurrent neural networks 

      Wiik, Theodor; Johansen, Håvard D.; Pettersen, Svein Arne; Matias Do Vale Baptista, Ivan Andre; Kupka, Tomas; Johansen, Dag; Riegler, Michael; Halvorsen, Pål (Conference object; Konferansebidrag, 2019-10-21)
      We are witnessing the emergence of a myriad of hardware and software systems that quantifies sport and physical activities. These are frequently touted as game changers and important for future sport developments. The vast amount of generated data is often visualized in graphs and dashboards, for use by coaches and other sports professionals to make decisions on training and match strategies. Modern ...
    • Revisiting the ‘Whys’ and ‘Hows’ of the Warm-Up: Are We Asking the Right Questions? 

      Afonso, José; Brito, João; Abade, Eduardo; Rendeiro-Pinho, Gonçalo; Matias Do Vale Baptista, Ivan Andre; Figueiredo, Pedro; Nakamura, Fábio Yuzo (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-09-02)
      The warm-up is considered benefcial for increasing body temperature, stimulating the neuromuscular system and overall preparing the athletes for the demands of training sessions and competitions. Even when warm-up–derived benefts are slight and transient, they may still beneft preparedness for subsequent eforts. However, sports training and competition performance are highly afected by contextual ...
    • The variability of physical match demands in elite women's football 

      Matias Do Vale Baptista, Ivan Andre; Winther, Andreas Kjæreng; Johansen, Dag; Bredsgaard Randers Thomsen, Morten; Pedersen, Sigurd; Pettersen, Svein Arne (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-01-21)
      Peak locomotor demands are considered as key metrics for conditioning drills prescription and training monitoring. However, research in female football has focused on absolute values when reporting match demands, leading to sparse information being provided regarding the degrees of variability of such metrics. Thus, the aims of this study were to investigate the sources of variability of match ...