ABSTRACT
Science and Football VII showcases the very latest scientific research into the variety of sports known as ‘football’. These include soccer, the national codes (American football, Australian rules football and Gaelic football), and the rugby codes (union and league). Bridging the gap between theory and practice, this book is by far the most comprehensive collection of current research into football, presenting important new work in key areas such as:
- physiology of training
- performance analysis
- fitness assessment
- nutrition
- biomechanics
- injury and rehabilitation
- youth football
- environmental physiology
- psychology in football.
Science and Football VII is an essential resource for all sport scientists, trainers, coaches, physical therapists, physicians, psychologists, educational officers and professionals working across the football codes.
The papers contained within this volume were first presented at the Seventh World Congress on Science and Football, held in May 2011 in Nagoya, Japan. The meeting was held under the auspices of the International Steering Group on Science and Football, a representative member of the World Commission of Science and Sports.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|80 pages
Biomechanics
chapter I ELEVEN|7 pages
Ideal dive technique in high one-handed soccer saves: top hand versus bottom hand
part II|56 pages
Exercise physiology
chapter II THIRTEEN|6 pages
The physiological effects of soccer training in elite youth soccer players
chapter II SIXTEEN|5 pages
Yo-Yo intermittent recovery level 2 test in young soccer players from U-13 to U-18
chapter II SEVENTEEN|5 pages
The assessment of repeated sprint ability using a combined sub-maximal and exhaustive treadmill protocol
chapter II NINETEEN|6 pages
Relationships between isokinetic knee strength, sprint and jump performance in young elite soccer players
chapter II TWENTY-ONE|6 pages
Physiological and anthropometric characteristics of elite women's rugby union players
part III|92 pages
Match analysis
chapter III TWENTY-THREE|6 pages
Evolution of rule changes and coaching tactics in Australian Football: impact on game speed, structure and injury patterns
chapter III TWENTY-FOUR|7 pages
Match analysis in AFL, Soccer and Rugby Union: patterns, trends and similarities
chapter III THIRTY-ONE|5 pages
The relationship between (GPS) match activity profile and performance in the AFL
chapter III THIRTY-TWO|5 pages
Measuring effectiveness of zone-oriented defence on preventing goal scoring in professional soccer matches
chapter III Thirty-Three|6 pages
Differences between winning, drawing and losing teams in the 2010 World Cup
chapter III THIRTY-FOUR|6 pages
Contextual effects on the free kick performance: a case study with a Portuguese professional soccer team
chapter III THIRTY-FIVE|6 pages
Analysis of Finnish young soccer players' passing and dribbling skills
part IV|50 pages
Motor behaviour
chapter IV THIRTY-SIX|6 pages
How skilled Gaelic football players practice kicking: deliberate or not?
chapter IV THIRTY-NINE|6 pages
Area covered by diving actions performed by male college soccer goalkeepers
chapter IV FORTY-THREE|6 pages
Passing ability of adolescent soccer players during 4-day tournament play
part V|46 pages
Performance profiling
chapter V FORTY-FOUR|6 pages
Relationship between Draft Camp test scores and career success by position in the Australian Football League
chapter V FORTY-FIVE|5 pages
Sports-specific anthropometry in Japanese soccer players analyzed by three-dimensional photonic scanning
chapter V FORTY-SIX|7 pages
Longitudinal changes in sprint performance in relation to fitness development in U-14 soccer players
chapter V FORTY-EIGHT|5 pages
Effects of sex, game format, and skill type on ball possession in Norwegian youth soccer
part VI|25 pages
Sports medicine
chapter VI FIFTY-TWO|6 pages
A prospective study of injuries sustained during a National Rugby League season
chapter VI FIFTY-THREE|5 pages
Closed-kinetic chain evaluation of ankle joint proprioception in athletes with functional ankle instability
chapter VI FIFTY-FOUR|5 pages
Screening English Premier League football players for exercise-induced bronchoconstriction
chapter VI FIFTY-FIVE|5 pages
A novel method to monitor lower limb muscles flexibility in elite youth soccer players
part VII|78 pages
Training science, coaching and psychology