Olympics-Hockey-Dutch women's coach sticks with heart-rate monitors to build a powerhouse


FILE PHOTO: Paris 2024 Olympics - Hockey Training - Yves-du-Manoir Stadium, Colombes, France - July 25, 2024. Netherlands coach Paul Van Ass with players during training. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/File Photo

PARIS (Reuters) - The Netherlands' top women hockey players can appear unstoppable at times as they sprint up and down the pitch with apparent ease, not showing the kind of fatigue other teams do in the heat and humidity.

But their secret is actually hidden in plain sight, strapped across the chest or on the outside of the arm, as they use a half century-old technology to better monitor fitness and fatigue.

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