Last week a large part of the work area Performance and Training in Sport travelled to the ECSS Congress in Prague. Every year, sports scientists from all over the world meet here to present the latest findings in sports science.The work area was also able to present the latest study results in this context. While Eric Eils, Sebastian Szwajca and Yannick Brodatski presented various results from the current beach handball project, Ross Julian outlined his latest study on the various external and internal strains of junior footballers. Anna Hendker talked about the first results of her outdoor fitness study with a poster. Now all impressions and contacts will be processed and the successful congress will be followed up. As of today it's time again: Final spurt - the summer semester is on the home straight.