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Being a scientist without a laboratory
Following the previous article about how sports science has become more integrated into daily training, I wanted to continue with somet...
What Sport Science Changed in Badminton, and What the 3×15 Will Ask of Us
On 23 August, at the Indira Gandhi Arena in New Delhi, France won two world titles on the same day: first Thom Gicquel and Delphine Del...
What Twenty Years in This Profession Taught Me
In the summer of 2006, I was twenty-two years old and walked into a tennis academy summer camp in Barcelona to work my first job in spo...
Science, Innovation and Friendship: Reflections from the World Coaching Conference
Returning to the World Coaching Conference this year was a true honor. Having already had the privilege of presenting once before, bein...
Training vs. Competition: Load and Intensity Differences Between Multi-Feeding and Simulated Match Play in High-Level Youth Badminton Players
Introduction to the ArticleThe study by Dacal et al. (2025), published in Applied Sciences, compares the internal and external load...
ACL injury characteristics in badminton : A registry study with prospectively collected data on sports related epidemiology and injury mechanism of 539 badminton players
Introduction to the ArticleThe registry study by Kaldau et al. (2024), published in the Asia-Pacific Journal of Sports Medicine, Ar...
Effects of resistance training on performance in competitive badminton players: a systematic review
Introduction to the ArticleThe systematic review by Wang et al. (2025), published in Frontiers in Physiology, examines the effects ...
Quantifying the Extent to Which Junior Performance Predicts Senior Performance in Olympic Sports – A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
The predictive validity of junior performance for later success in senior-level sport remains a key question in talent identification s...
Heading to China: The Beginning of a Monumental Challenge
Tomorrow I’m flying to China—and this is not just another trip. In a few weeks, one of the most exciting and challenging projects of my...
Comparison of six-week flywheel and traditional resistance training on deceleration and dynamic balance in elite badminton players
In a 2025 study published in Frontiers in Physiology, researchers investigated whether flywheel resistance training (FRT) could outperf...