Werder Bremen starts the new season with performance diagnostics!

Werder Bremen starts the new season with performance diagnostics!

This day, July 6, 2025, SV Werder Bremen ended the summer break and started performance diagnostics in the Weser Stadium. This weekend the fans can look forward to the first training sessions of the professionals that take place on Saturday and Sunday. The association uses this opportunity to extensively check the physical fitness and performance of the players. This diagnostics are crucial for the preparation for the coming season, which comes with a new coach and a new system, as the players themselves emphasize.

Niklas is particularly pleased about seeing old acquaintances after the holiday season. For him, this meeting feels like a class reunion, and he is already looking forward to the challenge that the lactate test brings with it. Michael Zetterer agrees and also emphasizes how important these tests are for the start of the season. For many it is a return to the usual processes, and the mood in the team is correspondingly positive. Players like Keke Topp and Salim Musah express their anticipation for the upcoming stages and emphasize that they want to get into the season well.

A new wind blows

New faces shape the arrival in the Weser Stadium. Maximilian Wöber is on board as a new addition and is ready to demonstrate his skills. There are also returnees such as Dawid Kownacki, who joins the team again after a year and is happy to see the boys again. Karim Coulibaly describes as a honor to play for the club at this level. Christian Groß's return as an assistant coach also ensures a fresh wind and motivates the players to do their best.

Performance diagnostics include various tests that are crucial for sporting performance. It not only checks mobility, strength and coordination, but also focuses on the trunk stability, which is important for violation -prophylactic measures. The techniques that are used varying of apparatus tests to manual examinations that assess functionality and coordination. Especially the Functional movement screen (fms) is often used and helps incorrect motor programs or lack of mobility identify.

A look into the future

The preparations are in full swing and every player is ready to get the best out of themselves. Before the intensive training and the coming course of the season, many enjoy the calm before going to the point. "The feeling of being back on the pitch is simply unique," says Amos Pieper and underlines how important such performance is checks for the entire team.

In the end it will be shown whether the content and tests developed will bring the desired success in the new season. Werder Bremen could have an exciting way in front of him, and the fans will surely react eagerly to the developments.

The pictures of the arrival of the players and the coaching staff are available in a photo gallery, so that everyone interested can make a first impression of the sworn community of the Werderans. A first step into the new season is taken - now it is important to successfully implement the preparations and to show what is possible this season.