This section is dedicated to the wealth of knowledge generated by our scientific team, under the guidance of renowned physiology consultants Prof. Pietro Enrico di Prampero and Cristian Osgnach. Here, you’ll find articles that delve into the science behind gpexe, as well as valuable contributions from our users, who have shared their insights and experiences in leveraging gpexe data over the years.
introduction During movements on the pitch, players’ muscles use metabolic energy to produce mechanical work. For this reason, energy expenditure and mechanical work can be considered two sides of the same coin. Collecting players’ tracking data during training sessions and matches allows one to estimate both metabolic and mechanical power. The so-obtained energy expenditure and […]
Karim is Head of Performance at the Jordan Football Association. He shared his experience on how they successfully completed the FIFA Talent Development Scheme (TDS) application process, to embrace technological advancements and foster talent on the widest scale. Let’s delve together into the impact of the TDS on youth football development. Karim, could you walk us […]
Cristian Osgnach answered 8 questions about his recently published paper. “Release by Felis” is an e-mag on innovation and research in health and sports performance, launched by Gregory Dupont. Its aim, which is fully in line with exelio’s vision, is to encourage the transfer of knowledge from researchers to practitioners and to promote scientific evidence. Five […]
Eduardo is Fitness Coach at Empoli Primavera. He shared his experience on how he used gpexe mechanical analysis to profile his U19 players and to monitor their performance, with a particular focus on neuro-muscular load. Eduardo, in practice, how do you use these parameters? As previously mentioned, together with the U19 staff we have decided […]
Eduardo is a Fitness Coach at Empoli U19 (Primavera). He shared his experience of using gpexe to profile his U19 players and monitor their performance, with a particular focus on neuro-muscular load. Eduardo, starting this season, you have new information available to describe the performance concerning the neuro-muscular load. What is your impression at this […]
When tracking workload in professional sports, it is crucial for any staff to have a reference model, i.e. the match data. To reach this goal, the use of GPS devices in the official games is one of the alternatives. Still, its effectiveness –related to GPS accuracy– largely depends on the environment. Modern stadiums are equipped with […]
The typical way to assess the acceleration capacities is to perform a maximal sprint starting from the blocks. This would not always be truthful for the football player, who rarely starts from a standstill. This study by Sonderegger K, Tschopp M and Taube W (2016) is very clear about where the problem lies. The authors asked the […]
In 2020, we introduced two new gpexe web app tools designed to profile players. Precisely, to test them without testing them. Parallel to the Acceleration-Speed Profile, we have implemented a Metabolic Power Profile following the same “in-situ” concept, therefore starting from the training and matches data. Headline GPS systems are massively spread in outdoor team […]
The use of GPS in professional rugby is widespread and allows the Strength and Conditioning team to collaborate closely with the coaching staff, ensuring that trainings are replicating games from a physical, technical, tactical and psychological perspective. Benetton Rugby shares its experience with the use of the gpexe system through the words of his Head […]
Match cycle analysis in elite football shows how the traditional Sunday–Sunday routine is becoming increasingly rare. In the 2020–2021 Serie A season,From season to season, it is tougher for fitness coaches to refer to a typical training week (Sunday – Sunday). We decided to dive into the tricky subject of the match cycles deeply. […]
Return To Play: on-field monitoring. That’s the speech’s title of our mate Michele Turloni, who has been our guest in the “4th Football Analytics & Talent Identification Online Event” organised by Vonlanthen Group in March. For 10 years in charge of injury recovery in Udinese Calcio, Michele told us a lot about how he makes decisions […]
Acceleration and deceleration thresholds play a crucial role in football performance monitoring. Understanding how threshold, duration, and starting speed affect detected events helps staff accurately interpret player data and improve workload management. We had a look at the match data of a Serie A player. We analysed accelerations and decelerations by using the standard criteria […]