Description
Site visit: Improving resilience of FC Groningen playersResilience can be conceptualized as a dynamic process of bouncing back to normal functioning following stressors. Professional football players are continuously exposed to physiological and psychological stressors like high training loads or losing streaks. A better understanding and improvement of football players’ resilience is therefore crucial to maintain performance levels, and to prevent performance decrements and psychological or physical problems. In football practice, data collection procedures are often put in place to support decision making alongside staff observations to optimize performance. Nevertheless, it remains a challenge for practitioners to combine and interpret all data sources appropriately and respect the individual and dynamic nature of interactions across physiological and psychological data sources. Close collaboration between scientists, staff and players is required. During the site visit at the FC Groningen training facility, we offer a first-hand experience in the understanding and application of resilience science in professional football. This hands-on site visit showcases the collection, processing and personalized feedback procedures at FC Groningen. Moreover, we demonstrate the tailor-made monitoring tool and the impact of the workflow on individual and team training programmes.
Improving resilience of FC Groningen players
Wouter Frencken, Football Club Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Ruud den Hartigh, Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences, Department of Psychology, University of Groningen.
Luca Leithuijser, Football Club Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Mees van der Linde, Football Club Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
| Period | 23-May-2023 |
|---|---|
| Event type | Conference |
| Location | Groningen, NetherlandsShow on map |
Keywords
- RESILIENCE
- ATHLETES
- STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL
- ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE
- DATA COLLECTION