Women’s Euros 2025: How Footballers Should Train During Tournament Season

Why Women’s Football Training Needs a Specific Approach

In elite football, the margins are tight—but in tournament football, they’re even tighter.

Training during a major competition like the Women’s Euros isn't about hitting PBs or chasing fatigue. It’s about staying sharp, staying ready, and staying injury-free—especially when the gap between games is short, travel is frequent, and recovery is a race.

Yet most gym plans still miss the mark. They offer the same training volume you'd use in pre-season or copy/paste men's routines without adapting for different physical profiles, match loads, or recovery patterns. That doesn’t work.

Women’s football training needs its own lens—based on the sport, the season, and the athlete.

How CURVA Builds Around Tournament Demands

We built CURVA to take the guesswork out of in-season training—especially in high-stakes tournament windows.

Our approach adapts weekly based on:

• Match frequency and opponent intensity

• Position and playing style (e.g. explosive winger vs. deep-lying midfielder)

• Fatigue markers and injury history

• Available training time and travel days

• Recovery status (tracked via user feedback + built-in mobility sessions)

Here’s what that looks like in a tournament setting:

• Reduced gym volume, increased precision: Short, targeted lifts focused on maintaining neuromuscular readiness—think heavy but low-volume strength work, no fluff.

• Power maintenance > hypertrophy: Big compound lifts at low reps to keep fast-twitch fibres firing, without adding DOMS.

• Active recovery built-in: Our Mobility Hub structures recovery work before and after every match—foam rolling, dynamic mobility, and band work to reduce tightness and prevent overload.

• Injury-aware planning: If you’ve had previous knee or hamstring issues, we bake in prehab drills designed for your risk profile.

You train differently when you’re playing every 3–4 days. CURVA makes sure your programme reflects that.

Injury Risk and Load Management in a Compressed Schedule

Tournament seasons come with a cost: a 2.5x higher risk of soft tissue injuries, according to UEFA’s 2023 Women’s Football Report.

Most of that comes from two things:

1. Under-recovery — players rarely get full 48-hour windows to reset

2. Overtraining — gym sessions that don’t adjust to the match calendar

That’s where smart load management matters. Here’s how we handle it:

• Automated deloading: When matches stack up, CURVA scales back volume and intensity without needing you to think twice.

• Daily input → dynamic output: You tell us how you’re feeling, and we adjust accordingly.

• Low-load strength options: Eccentric tempo work, isometrics, and power-focused exercises to stimulate without taxing.

Our goal? Keep you fit to play—not just fit.

What This Means for You

Whether you’re pushing for minutes at the Women’s Euros, chasing promotion in your local league, or returning from injury mid-season—your training should move with you.

That’s why CURVA doesn’t just build football programmes. We build yours. One that fits:

• Your sport

• Your position

• Your goals

• Your fixtures

• Your body

Because in modern women’s football training, personalisation isn’t a luxury—it’s a competitive edge.

Final Whistle

Tournament football demands more from your body—and more from your training plan.

If you’re playing through the Women’s Euros 2025, or watching with boots ready to lace, know this: your best performances don’t come from doing more. They come from doing what works—for you.

Start your CURVA programme today. Train smarter. Stay match-fit. Play your game.