The quiet science of recovery is changing training weeks
Load monitoring has moved from elite labs to grassroots clubs, and it is reshaping how teams plan Tuesdays.
Recovery used to be whatever happened between matches. Now it is planned with the same care as the sessions themselves.
Simple measures — sleep consistency, session load, subjective wellness scores — explain more injury risk than most expensive interventions.
Coaches report a cultural shift too: players now treat rest as part of the work rather than an absence of it.
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