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Our scientific mission is to enhance athletic performance through a data-driven approach that personalizes and optimizes training processes, ensuring peak performance in competitive scenarios. By assessing and controlling each athlete's training regimen, we aim to tailor their development and maximize the effectiveness of training prescriptions. Our project involves analyzing sports performance in both training and competition settings, offering methodological guidance, and supporting real-time decision-making. Additionally, we evaluate the impact of various training methodologies on athletes' adaptation profiles, aiming to deepen our understanding of how individualized approaches can boost performance and long-term development. Through this comprehensive research project, we seek to develop innovative, evidence-based strategies that push the boundaries of sports science and performance optimization.

Keywords: sports training; testing and monitoring; sports performance

Specific objectives:

1. Evaluate and control the athlete's training process to individualize and optimize it.
2. Analyze sports performance for methodological training guidance and decision-making in competition.
3. Test the effect of different methodological approaches on the athlete's adaptation profile.

References

1. Clemente, F. M., Akyildiz, Z., Garrett, J., Beato, M., Yildiz, M., Birlik, S., & Moran, J. (2023). Testing the peak running speed in analytical and contextual-based scenarios: Applied research in young adult soccer players. Journal of Sports Sciences, 41(14), 1372–1382. https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2023.2273085
2. Rosa, C. H., Monteiro, C. P., Barata, C., Espada, M. C., Valamatos, M. J., Bento, A., Minhalma, R. J., & Reis, J. F. (2024). Cardiorespiratory and muscle oxygenation responses to voluntary hypoventilation at low lung volume in upper body repeated sprints. European Journal of Applied Physiology, 10.1007/s00421-024-05569-1. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00421-024-05569-1
3. Gomes, R., Mendes, R., Ferreira, A., Mendes, R., Dias, G., & Martins, F. (2024). Physical and physiological demands of amateur portuguese field and assistant football referees. Sports (Basel, Switzerland), 12(5), 133. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports12050133
4. Mateus, S., Paulo, R., Coelho, P., Rodrigues, F., Marques, V., Neiva, H. P., & Duarte-Mendes, P. (2021). Evaluation of lower limb arteriovenous diameters in indoor soccer athletes: Arterial doppler ultrasound study. Frontiers in Physiology, 12, 687613. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2021.687613
5. Bartolomeu, R. F., Rodrigues, P., Sokołowski, K., Strzała, M., Santos, C. C., Costa, M. J., & Barbosa, T. M. (2023). Nonlinear analysis of the hand and foot force-time profiles in the four competitive swimming strokes. Journal of Human Kinetics, 90, 71–88. https://doi.org/10.5114/jhk/172616

MSc/PhD students:

• 4 PhD students

Funded projects:

• Research member: Filipe Manuel Clemente (head of the project) | Tittle: Fighting the fatigue effect on decision-making: effects of decision-making training programs on visual search strategies and tactical behaviour in youth female soccer players | Period: 2021 and 2022 | Funder: FIFA Research Scholarship 2021 | Funding:15.000 dollars
• Research member: Filipe Manuel Clemente | Title: Ongoing bidirectional feedback between assessment and implementation in educational environments: A longitudinal, randomized, exploratory intervention with female volleyball players | Period: 2021-2022 | ID: EXPL/CED-EDG/0246/2021 | Funder: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia | Funding: 26,875.00 euros
• Research members: Filipe Manuel Clemente (head of the project); Rui Miguel Silva | Title: Electronic monitoring and assessment resources for coaching: digital empowerment of sport coaches | Period: 2022-2024| ID: 101049096 | Funder: European Comission, ERAMUS-SPORT-2021-SSCP | Funding: 60.000 euros
• Research members: Filipe Manuel Clemente | Title: Women Fitness Cycle | Period: 2024-2026 | ID: 101049096 | Funder: European Comission, ERASMUS-SPORT-2024-SCP | Funding: 400.000 euros
• Research member: Paulo Alexandre Anselmo Lopes da Silveira (head of the project) | Tittle: SKILLS 4 Post-COVID – Skills for the future in Higher Education | Period: 2022 - 2023 | Funder: Human Capital Operational Program - European Social Fund - POCH-02-53I2-FSE-00009 | Funding: 890.000 euros
• Rafael Oliveira, João Paulo Brito, Renato Fernandes, Susana Alves, Paula Pinto, Mário Espada, Fernando Santos, Hadi Nobari & Ryland Morgans (2023-2024). “Quantificação da carga de treino, bem-estar, consumo alimentar, composição corporal, capacidade física e fisiológica numa equipa feminina de futebol profissional”. 4º Concurso CIEQV – Investigação Científica Multidisciplinar. Financiamento de 1.000€ (mil euros).
• Ana Pereira, Ana Figueira, Fernando Santos, Paulo Nunes, Mário Espada & Teresa Figueiredo (2022). Promoção da Atividade Física e Saúde: Programa de Intervenção na Comunidade “Ativa(MENTE)”. Instituto Português do Desporto e Juventude no âmbito do “Programa Nacional de Desporto para Todos”. Financiamento de 2.500€ (dois mil euros).
• Mário Espada, Teresa Figueiredo, Fernando Santos, Cátia Ferreira & Danilo Ferreira (2018 a 2020). “Todos a Jogo”. Instituto Português do Desporto e Juventude no âmbito do “Programa Nacional de Desporto para Todos”. Financiamento de 26.000€ (vinte seis mil euros), ao longo dos três anos.
• Maria Ramires, Miguel Boavida, Teresa Figueiredo & Mário Espada (2015-2020). Programa “Vela+”. Instituto Português do Desporto e Juventude no âmbito do “Programa Nacional de Desporto para Todos”. Financiamento de 20.000€ (vinte mil euros), anualmente.

Sponsors

• Football Connection (Spain)
• Grupo de Optimización del Entrenamiento y el Rendimiento Deportivo (GOERD), Universidad de Extremadura (Spain)
• Soccer Skills (Brasil)
• Laboreh - Laboratório de Otimização do Rendimento Esportivo Humano, UNESP - Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, Campus Bauru, São Paulo, Brasil