Quentin Delapierre

Sport scientist of Equipe cycliste Groupama-FDJ will be present tomorrow at Florence for the World Cycling Science Congress with 2 presentations: 1) Effect of lubrification nature on chain drive efficiency 2) Psychophysio analysis of effort tolerance

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Video Analysis💻🔍 Lyon🛡️ 3-5-2 (Defensive Mistakes) - Positioning Errors - Poor Marking - Slow Reaction Time - Defensive Misalignment Once Sport ➡ www.once.sport #OnceSport #OnceSportAnalyser #OnceVideoAnalyser #CoachBoard #OnceSportCoachBoard #VideoAnalysis

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In the various publications we have posted subsequently, we have set out a series of concepts and methods, drawn from both physical and mental preparation, to ensure that drivers reach their full potential at the various race meetings. To illustrate our points, the main players in motor sport can testify. Here is an interview with Alpine driver Pierre Gasly (394 career points, 4 podiums, 1 win), which appeared on the programme C à vous in 2022, talking about his experience and the importance of good physical and mental preparation. Pierre Gasly : "From an outsider's point of view, it's difficult to realise the physical effort it requires... no one can feel the strength, the concentration it demands, the heat in the cars, because you lose between 2 and 3 kilos during a Grand Prix... you can't lose your lucidity, it requires real physical condition". "There are several exercises in fact, there's a physical exercise, a mental exercise..." "There are some tracks that are really physically very complicated and others, like Monaco. When you're driving at 300 kph through the streets of Monaco, passing within centimetres of the walls for 2 hours, you get mentally and psychologically tired... It almost becomes a challenge for yourself to keep an extreme level of attention." "Often, at the speed we're going, we need to be extremely reactive and have reaction times that are much longer than normal." "Of course, at the start, you have to leave as soon as the fires go out, as quickly as possible."

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Thibaut Schnitzer : Top-Level Physiotherapist & Physical Trainer in Alpine Skiing Discover how Thibaut Schnitzer pushes physical preparation to the limit with Myocene. In top-level alpine skiing, it's critical to balance subjective feelings of fatigue with objective data to maximize performance while preventing injury. 💬 "The Myocene device helps us compare daily sensations with actual muscular fatigue data. It's a game-changer for trainers to back up decisions and adjust load when athletes are nearing their limits." – Thibaut Schnitzer 📖 Read the full interview and see how Myocene is revolutionising elite training strategies! 👉 Don't miss out: https://shorturl.at/VXg4u

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At 16 years old, this booklet is the perfect, compact resource packed with all the information you need to learn and apply the fundamentals of the Olympic sport of handball. #HandballFundamentals #OlympicSport #CompactGuide #HandballTraining #YouthSports #LearnHandball #teamhandball #handballrules

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BigDAY x Sierre-Zinal 24 🏃‍♀️ 🏃‍♂️ 🌄   In the 5 weeks leading up to the 51st Sierre-Zinal, some 100 athletes incorporated DOXA Sports technology into their routine. Post-race data analysis shows significant dehydration (urine density) and a period of intense training (high levels of leukocytes, creatinine, and albumin).   Thanks to instant recommendations from the myDOXA app, users can adjust their preparations before the big day. The good news was that pH and carbohydrates were balanced, a sign of proper nutrition.   We recommend that athletes continue to eat, recover, and increase their hydration for future BigDays. 💧 #DOXASport #SierreZinal #BigDAY #PerformanceOptimized #Timetopee

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Ayyoub Bouaddi Scouting Report – LOSC Lille's Central Midfielde 🔰 Technical Attributes: 🔹 Bouaddi’s first touch is sharp, allowing him to quickly control the ball and make intelligent passes, even under pressure. His technical ability to receive the ball cleanly in tight spaces makes him reliable in build-up play. 🔹 Bouaddi times his tackles well and is effective in 1v1 situations. His positioning allows him to make crucial interceptions, cutting out dangerous passes and limiting the opposition’s attacking options. 🔹 His short- and medium-range passing is reliable, and he frequently switches play to relieve pressure or exploit spaces. Bouaddi’s progressive passes help advance play, but he tends to focus on maintaining possession rather than taking risks. 🔰 Tactical Awareness: 🔹 Bouaddi’s understanding of space is excellent. He frequently positions himself in areas where he can either intercept the ball or act as a passing outlet for his teammates. His ability to maintain positional discipline is crucial for his team’s defensive stability. 🔹 In defensive transitions, Bouaddi is quick to drop into deeper areas, often acting as a screen in front of the backline. He is equally capable of stepping forward to press when his team needs to recover the ball higher up the pitch. 🔹 Though primarily a defensive midfielder, Bouaddi shows versatility in positioning. His tactical intelligence allows him to cover for other players and maintain his team’s balance during both offensive and defensive phases. 🔰 Physical: 🔹 Bouaddi is physically strong and uses his frame effectively in ground duels. However, his aerial prowess is underdeveloped, and improving this would make him a more complete defensive midfielder. 🔹 His stamina is a key asset, allowing him to contribute consistently in both attacking and defensive phases throughout the 90 minutes. Bouaddi’s high work rate ensures he is always involved, covering large areas of the pitch. 🔹 While Bouaddi’s agility is decent for his position, his acceleration and top-end speed are areas that can be improved. Faster opponents may expose him during quick transitions. 🔰 Psychological: 🔹 Bouaddi is increasingly vocal on the pitch, helping to organize his teammates, particularly in defensive situations. His emerging leadership qualities suggest he could grow into a more influential role within his team. 🔹 Bouaddi remains composed and resilient under pressure, rarely making rushed decisions even when closed down by opponents. His maturity in handling stressful situations is a strong point. 🔹 Bouaddi takes responsibility for controlling the tempo of matches, often dictating play from deeper positions. However, he tends to avoid riskier offensive moves, preferring safer options. Bouaddi has all the technical and tactical tools to succeed at the professional level. Improving his offensive presence and aerial duels will elevate him to a top-tier midfielder. #scouting / #ligue1 / #Bouaddi

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TRU-MOTION is a game changer (I know, everyone says that) But, imagine creating a new way of experiencing a game LIVE. Not being restricted to broadcast cameras angles. Choose any player’s POV. Video games can have the data so the players move like the real players. Coaches and analysts can do their stuff from any angle. Pundits can use it live. Real-time offside calls. Fans can stick a VR headset on in hospitality and be in the centre circle. Loads of possibilities. And as for the commercials? Genuinely a new sports rights revenue stream…already in the MLS, who’s next? #soccerex #sportsbiz #sportstech

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Comparison of ground reaction force profiles between… 📌 Max Deceleration (5.9 x BM) 📌 Max Sprint Velocity (4.4 x BM) 📌 Max Acceleration (2.2 x BM) Intense deceleration/braking is the most mechanically demanding activity athletes are exposed to‼️ #braking #forces

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🚀 Roberto De Zerbi’s Build-Up Play at Olympique Marseille 🔍 Flexible Structure and Situational Adaptation De Zerbi's build-up relies on a dynamic back three, formed situationally when one of the full-backs moves into midfield, acting as an additional pivot and creating a 3-2 structure. The central center-back often drives forward into the opposition’s pressing line, aiming to draw defenders out and open passing lanes. ⚙️ Asymmetrical Midfield Roles Ahead of the back three, the two pivots operate asymmetrically. The right pivot drops deeper, almost like a half-back, while the left pivot stays central, focusing on link-up play. This asymmetry is key to creating diagonal progression, with the midfield starting wide and quickly compressing to exploit space when the ball reaches the half-back. This shifted diagonal box in midfield always leaves an option open for the half-back, and it is extremely difficult for the pressing team to operate with the covering shadow. 🌍 Variation in Full-Back and Wide Player Movement The full-backs adapt their positioning, sometimes taking on symmetrical, diagonal roles to create 2v1 situations against opposing full-backs. The wingers stay extremely wide, stretching the opponent’s defense and moving into the central space between lines when a half-back drops wider. At these moments, a number 6 often falls into the line of three. 🔄 Positional Rotation and Attacking Dynamics The half-space attacking midfielders play a crucial role, man-marking the opposing pivots and dropping to create space for the striker to exploit. Additionally, there’s frequent rotation between half-space players and wingers, adding an element of unpredictability to the attack. 🏆 De Zerbi’s approach at Marseille showcases an adaptive, space-oriented strategy that focuses on flexibility, positional interchanges, and exploiting defensive weaknesses. #Marseille #DeZerbi #TacticalAnalysis #FootballTactics #BuildUpPlay #PositionalPlay

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Optimise Your Team's Performance with Myocene! Alain Quintallet, former physical trainer of the France national handball team between 2004 and 2017, shares his experience with Myocene. At Saint Raphaël, Alain and his team used Myocene to quantify the impact of training sessions and matches on player fatigue, fine-tuning recovery plans to ensure peak performance. The result? Fewer injuries, optimised recovery, and players performing at 100% on game day! 💡 Want to know how Myocene can boost your team's performance? 👉 Read the full blog post here https://shorturl.at/iHS7q

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The most successful athletes, those who run the fastest, jump the highest, etc., place the most force into the ground surface area in the shortest period of time. The re-establishment of the physical quality of elastic/reactive strength (see Vermeil’s hierarchy) is an essential attribute to be successfully demonstrated by the ACL sports rehabilitated athlete to assist in a return to play (RTP) optimal performance. Elastic strength is reliant upon the stretch shortening cycle (SSC) of an active muscle stretch to an active muscle shortening. The SSC provides a conversion of potential energy to kinetic energy (eccentric -> quasi-isometric-> concentric muscle contraction) (Figure 1) that is correlated to both the rate of stretch and amortization time (time spent on the ground surface). The slower the rate of stretch and/or the longer the amortization phase, the greater the reduction in the potential muscle force production. Conversely, an increased rate of muscle stretch produced in the shortest period of time will result in optimal muscle force production. Considerations when prescribing ACL sports rehabilitation elastic strength (plyometric) activities: 1. Overloading vs. progressing plyometric activities – There may be circumstances where the ACL athlete programming may include a weighted apparatus applied to them in an attempt to increase the difficulty of the plyometric activity. However, one may inquire, is it more beneficial to enhance the ACL athlete’s effort via increased weight (likely increasing the amortization phase) or to increase the athlete’s effort by progressing to a more advanced plyometric activity? The application of additional weight may also predispose the ACL athlete to soft tissue injury and joint irritation due to repetitive heightened ground contact (impact) forces as well as intensified ground reactive forces. As a low amortization time will assist to optimize the exercise performance, additional loading may display an opposite effect. 2. Technical plyometric exercise execution – As the ACL athlete advances through the progression (categories) of plyometric exercise intensity (Figure 2) and/or transitions from bi-lateral to unilateral plyometric exercise execution, etc., during the exercise performance if the ACL athlete appears to be uncomfortable, produces less force into the ground surface area, or occupies more time on the ground surface area, they likely are not prepared for this level of plyometric activity. Greater ground contact times in the ACL athlete often transpire with general weakness and more specifically, quadriceps weakness, as well as the athlete’s inability to tolerate the high ground reactive forces. If less than optimal performance is observed (technical and decreased velocity through the exercise progression), the sports rehabilitation professional should revert to a more remedial plyometric exercise for the ACL athlete to master while continuing to improve all noted strength deficits.

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Plyometrics for goalkeepers Working different angled jumps associated with technical elements such as: 1. Vertical Jump & Drop Jump - finishing with high ball action 2. Diagonal Jump - finishing with medium / high dive 3. Horizontal Jumps - finishing with outside box clearance. Idea behind : Working explosive & reactive strength in relation with corresponding technical element.

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𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓 1️⃣ /2 : 🏰 𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐒 - 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆! 𝐀 𝐜𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬! 🐎 🔢 With the Olympic Games in full swing, the eventing competition in Versailles has concluded, and I wanted to share some insights from the results: • 𝗗𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗣𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗲 : - 59 horses participated. - The eventual podium finishers were already leading after this phase, with Laura Collett setting a historic record, closely followed by Michael Jung. - Except for Christoph Wahler, who had an unfortunate fall during the cross-country phase, no horse that was retired, eliminated, or withdrawn after the second veterinary inspection had a dressage score below 30 points (Wahler scored 29.4). • 𝗖𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀-𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗣𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗲 : - 56 horses completed the course (two riders fell and one retired due to the horse going lame). - Only 10 horses finished with no time or fence faults (18% of those who completed the course); 7 of these finished in the Top 10, and all were in the Top 20. - Of the remaining 3 horses in the Top 10, none accumulated more than 2 time faults, and the maximum score in the Top 20 was 7.2 points. - Another 25 horses finished without obstacle penalties but incurred time penalties, representing 45% of those who completed the course. • 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗝𝘂𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗲 : - 51 horses participated (5 horses were not presented or failed the secondary inspection). - Only 7 horses achieved a clear round without faults during the team final (14%), and 5 of these were in the final Top 10. - In the individual final, 15 out of 25 horses managed clear rounds (60%). - Only 4 horses completed clear rounds in both the cross-country and both show jumping phases, but none finished in the Top 3. (Part 2️⃣ in next post!)

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🏅 Water quality of the #Seine during the 2024 #OlympicGames: the contribution of the ColiMinder 🌊   The Olympic Games are just around the corner, and with them one of the most exciting innovations: the open water swimming and triathlon competitions in the Seine! A key aspect of this is the water quality of the river, which must meet the standards as set in regulations to ensure the health of the athletes. These standards include a maximum limit of #EColi and #Enterococci bacteria, defined as faecal indicator bacteria.   This is where the #ColiMinder comes in. This leading-edge measurement technology monitors fecal contamination limits in real time and plays a key role in ensuring that water quality parameters are in line with regulations. The ColiMinder is the one of the very few instruments in the field of #onlinemicrobialmonitoring to provide #specific results for E. coli and Enterococci in real-time. And the #correlation of ColiMinder results with the standard culture-based lab method for measuring colonies formed by the fecal indicator bacteria has proven to be exceptionally good - this is why the results of ColiMinder are easy to understand and interprete. This is how the ColiMinder contributes significantly to protect the safety and health of the athletes, as they will only swim in the Seine if the water quality is confirmed.   This is not only an important step for the Olympic Games, but also a significant advancement for #environmentalmonitoring and #bathingwaterprotection worldwide. We look forward to exciting competitions and a historic event in Paris 2024, wishing all athletes best of success for their competitions!

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Whether you’re an athlete or a spectator of the Olympic and Paralympic Games #Paris2024, discover the #CouncilOfEurope’s Enlarged Partial Agreement on Sport! We advocate for these values in #Sport: 🔷 Respect of human rights 🔷 Integrity & good governance 🔷 Equal access to sport for all 🔷 Inclusion and zero tolerance for discrimination 🔷 Sustainability The #EuropeanSportsCharter lays down the basic principles for national sports policies, allowing governments to provide everyone with opportunities to practice sport under well-defined conditions. Discover your rights, protected by the European Sports Charter: https://lnkd.in/geGRcW-V

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