ABSTRACT
Football kicking motion includes a sudden change of frequency component caused by ball impact. That makes it difficult to adequately remove noise from the measured signal. Football kicking motion has been, and possibly will be the main focus of football biomechanics research. However, other football actions like ball stopping, goalkeeping skills, heading and ball throwing have gained little attention from researchers. Footwear is the main equipment in football. In contrast to the rapidly increasing number of female footballers, there is a dearth of shoe-related research for female players. Artificial turf is most likely becoming a new, approved football surface. However, players and coaches still have negative opinions about these new surfaces. However, epidemiological evidence does not yet exist sufficiently, and even less biomechanical research has studied the interaction of players with artificial turf surfaces. This kind of research would offer a good opportunity to solve the concerns of coaches and players about playing on artificial turf.
