Scientific Programme

Exchange Symposia

IS-EX01 - CSSS-ECSS Exchange Symposium – Technology support in Football youth performance progression in the Millennium Era

Date: 01.07.2025, Time: 12:00 - 13:15, Session Room: Castello 1

Description

Technological advances and new methods of big data processing have been revolutionizing training and competition-related measures in competitive football since the turn of the Millennium. Nowadays, the head coach is supported by competence teams consisting of performance diagnosticians, data analysts, sports physicians, nutritionists, and psychologists. This new constellation presents chances but also includes the risk of a non-functional information overload. Consequently, a major challenge for applied sport scientific research currently lies in optimizing information management by evaluating measurement accuracy and relevance of measurements as well as by prioritizing and filtering the information provided to the team. The CSSS-ECSS Exchange Symposium addresses the historical change in the support situation in youth football and takes a critical methodological look at selected methods of data collection (e.g. wearable technologies) and processing (e.g. AI).